Roy Fuller

Roy Broadbent Fuller (11 February 1912 ? 27 September 1991) was an English writer, known mostly as a poet. He was born in Failsworth, Lancashire, and brought up in Blackpool. He worked as a lawyer (solicitor) for a building society, serving in the Royal Navy 1941-1946.

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11 February - 1912 - 27 September - 1991 - Poet - Failsworth - Lancashire - Blackpool - Solicitor - Building society - Royal Navy

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Poems (1939) was his first book of poetry. He began to write fiction also in the 1950s. As a poet he became identified, on stylistic grounds, with The Movement. He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford University 1968-1973. The poet John Fuller is his son.

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The Movement - Professor of Poetry - Oxford University - John Fuller

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