Geoffrey Grigson

Geoffrey Grigson
Born	Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (1905-03-02)2 March 1905 Pelynt, Cornwall, England
Died	25 November 1985(1985-11-25) (aged 80) Broad Town, Wiltshire, England
Pen name	Martin Boldero
Occupation	Poet, essayist, editor, critic, anthologist and naturalist
Education	St John's School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Notable awards	Duff Cooper Prize
Children	4, inc. Lionel Grigson; Sophie Grigson
Relatives	John Grigson (brother); Wilfrid Grigson (brother); Giacomo Benedetto (grandson)

Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s he was editor of the influential magazine New Verse, and went on to produce 13 collections of his own poetry, as well as compiling numerous anthologies, among many published works on subjects including art, travel and the countryside. Grigson exhibited in the London International Surrealist Exhibition at New Burlington Galleries in 1936,^[1] and in 1946 co-founded the Institute of Contemporary Arts. Grigson's autobiography The Crest on the Silver was published in 1950. At various times he was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies.^[2]