1907
John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
John Hewitt (poet)
Northern Irish poet (1907–1987)
- Born
- 1907
John Harold Hewitt was perhaps the most significant Belfast poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley. He was appointed the first writer-in-residence at Queen's University Belfast in 1976. His collections include The Day of the Corncrake (1969) and Out of My Time: Poems 1969 to 1974 (1974). He was also made a Freeman of the City of Belfast in 1983, and was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.
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