Geoffrey Grigson
| Geoffrey Grigson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 March 1905 Pelynt, Cornwall, England |
| Died | 25 November 1985 (aged 80) Broad Town, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation | Poet, essayist, editor, critic, anthologist and naturalist |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, 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 other published works on subjects including art, travel and the countryside. At various times he was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies for his dogmatic views.
Grigson was born at the vicarage in Pelynt, a village near Looe in Cornwall. His childhood in rural Cornwall had a significant influence on his poetry and writing in later life. As a boy, his love of things of nature (plants, bones and stones) was sparked at the house of family friends at Polperro who were painters and amateur naturalists. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, and at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
After graduating from Oxford University, Grigson took a job at the London office of the Yorkshire Post, from where he moved on to become literary editor of the Morning Post. He first came to prominence in the 1930s as a poet, then as editor from 1933 to 1939 of the influential poetry magazine New Verse. During this period, he published his own poetry under the pseudonym Martin Boldero.
During World War II he worked in the editorial department of the BBC Monitoring Service at Wood Norton near Evesham, Worcestershire and at Bristol. In 1946 he was one of the founders of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, together with Roland Penrose, Herbert Read, Peter Watson and Peter Gregory. In 1951 Grigson curated a touring exhibition of drawings and watercolours drawn from the British Council Collection.
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