E. V. Knox

E. V. Knox (Edmund George Valpy Knox, May 10, 1881 - January 2, 1971), was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of Punch 1932-1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years.

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He was father to author Penelope Fitzgerald and brother of priest and author Ronald Knox.

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He served in the Lincolnshire Regiment during the First World War and Punch reported in October 1917 that he had been wounded.

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As a poet, he was noted for his ability to provide topical satirical poems for Punch in the style of well-known contemporary poets such as John Drinkwater, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Edmund Blunden, Robert Bridges and J. C. Squire - usually managing to evoke the poet's general style and manner without resorting to parodying any particular poem.

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Although best known for satire, some of his more serious poems, written during the Second World War while he held the editor's chair at Punch, evoke by turns wistful nostalgia, grim determination and a longing for eventual peace, often using metres from Greek or Latin poetry or historical English forms.

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