Person    | Male  Born 27/4/1904  Died 22/5/1972

Cecil Day Lewis

Categories: Literature, Poetry

Countries: Ireland

Poet and novelist. Born Ireland but brought up in London. His mystery novels were written under his pseudonym, Nicholas Blake. During the 1940s, while still married to his first wife, he had a long love affair with Rosamond Lehmann.  He then began an additional affair with the actor Jill Balcon (daughter of Michael Balcon), eventually dumping his first wife and Lehmann and in 1951 married Balcon, to whom, surprise, he was unfaithful. 

Father of of actor Daniel Day-Lewis. First President of the Greenwich Society. Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death. Died at Lemmons, Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire, home of the novelists Elizabeth Jane Howard and Kingsley Amis.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cecil Day Lewis

Commemorated ati

Cecil Day-Lewis - plaque

C. Day-Lewis, 1904 - 1974, poet laureate, lived here, 1957 - 1972. English He...

Read More

Cecil Day Lewis - tree

Tree Planting Year 1973 Presented by the Greenwich Society in memory of thei...

Read More

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Cecil Day Lewis

Creations i

International Brigade

The quote “they went….other way” is a paraphrase of two lines from C. Day Lew...

Read More

Other Subjects

Charles Morgan

Charles Morgan

Playwright, novelist and critic. Born Bromley, Kent, son of the engineer Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan. Died at the house with the plaque.

Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial
Vera Brittain

Vera Brittain

Vera Mary Brittain was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire the daughter of Thomas Arthur Brittain (1864-1935) and Edith Mary Brittain (1868-1948). Her father was a paper manufacturer. The 1...

Person, Literature, Peace

2 memorials
Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend, Charles Darwin, when the Origin of Species was published. Wrote 'The Water-Babies', 1863, initially for his 4-year old ...

Person, Literature, Religion

3 memorials
A. J. Cronin

A. J. Cronin

Novelist and general practitioner. Born Dumbartonshire as Archibald Joseph Cronin. Studied in Glasgow and served in WW1 as a surgeon in the Navy. Practised in Wales and in 1924 was appointed Medica...

Person, Literature, Medicine, Scotland, Switzerland, USA

1 memorial
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

Playwright, actor and director. He trained and performed as an actor before taking up writing. His first play to be produced in London's west-end, 'The Birthday Party' was received with almost univ...

Person, Literature, Seriously Famous, Theatre

1 memorial