Richard Church (poet)

Richard Thomas Church (1893 - 1972) was an English writer, known as poet and critic; he also wrote novels and verse plays, and three well-received volumes of autobiography.

He was born in London, and went to school in Dulwich. He worked as a civil servant, leaving in 1933 to write full time; he became a journalist and reviewer.

He was director of the Oxford Festival of Spoken Poetry, during the 1930s.

Works

See also: Richard Church (poet), 1893, 1972, Autobiography, Civil servant, Dulwich, Oxford Festival of Spoken Poetry