Cecil Day-Lewis

Cecil Day-Lewis CBE
Born	(1904-04-27)27 April 1904 Ballintubbert, County Laois, Ireland
Died	22 May 1972(1972-05-22) (aged 68) Monken Hadley, Greater London, England
Resting place	St Michael's Church, Stinsford, Dorset, England
Occupation	Poet novelist
Nationality	British Irish
Alma mater	Wadham College, Oxford
Spouse	Constance Mary King ​ ​ (m. 1928; div. 1951)​ Jill Balcon ​ (m. 1951)​
Children	4, including Tamasin and Daniel
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
In office 2 January 1968 – 22 May 1972
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	John Masefield
Succeeded by	John Betjeman

Cecil Day-Lewis CBE (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways.

During World War II, Day-Lewis worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information for the U.K. government, and also served in the Musbury branch of the British Home Guard.^[1] He was the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis, and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.