Drummond Allison

Ross Davies (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

Born 1921
Died 1943
Activity 1940-1943

Places

Born in Surrey
Active in United Kingdom

Activities

Primary

Poet

Other

Soldier

Resources

Perhaps not since Rupert Brooke has a war poet so inspired as many fellow-poets as Drummond Allison, who was killed on the Italian front in December 1943. Allison was twenty-two, and had been in harm’s way for just two weeks less one day. He met his death leading an infantry attack over a few yards of ground more reminiscent of the Kaiser’s than Hitler’s War. Ever since, fellow-poets have paid tribute to Allison’s energy, charm and vigorous, even audacious verse.

Allison left behind just one collection, The Yellow Night (1944), yet fellow-poets who have written verse in tribute to him include Robert Conquest, Robert Greacen (two poems), Sidney Keyes, John Lehmann, Roy McFadden, David Wright and David Kessel. In …

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Citation: Davies, Ross. "Drummond Allison". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 January 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12600, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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