Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Irish-born British poet and

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from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. During World War II, Day-Lewis worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information for the U.K. government, and also served in the

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branch of the

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. He is the father of actor Sir

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, and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.

Life and work

Day-Lewis was born in 1904 in Ballintubbert,

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border, Queen's County (now known as County Laois), Ireland. He was the son of Frank Day-Lewis, a

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rector of that parish, and Kathleen Blake (née Squires; died 1906). Some of his family were from England (Hertfordshire and Canterbury). His father took the surname "Day-Lewis" as a combination of his own birth father's ("Day") and adoptive father's ("Lewis") surnames. In his autobiography ''The Buried Day'' (1960), Day-Lewis wrote, "As a writer I do not use the hyphen in my surname – a piece of inverted snobbery which has produced rather mixed results". After the death of his mother in 1906, when he was two years old, Cecil was brought up in London by his father, with the help of an aunt, spending summer holidays with relatives in County Wexford. He was educated at

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and at

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. In Oxford, Day-Lewis became part of the circle gathered around

W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...

and helped him to edit ''Oxford Poetry 1927''. His first collection of poems, ''Beechen Vigil'', appeared in 1925. In 1928, Day-Lewis married Constance Mary King, the daughter of a Sherborne teacher. Day-Lewis worked as a schoolmaster in three schools, including Larchfield School,

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, Scotland (now

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).Cecil Day-Lewis
During the 1940s, he had a long and troubled love affair with the novelist

Rosamond Lehmann Rosamond Nina Lehmann (3 February 1901 – 12 March 1990) was an English novelist and translator. Her first novel, '' Dusty Answer'' (1927), was a '' succès de scandale''; she subsequently became established in the literary world and intima ...

. His first marriage was dissolved in 1951, and he married actress

Jill Balcon Jill Angela Henriette Balcon (3 January 192518 July 2009) was a British actress. She was known for her work in film, television, radio and on stage. She made her film debut in ''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1947). She was the second wife of poet Cecil ...

, daughter of

Michael Balcon Sir Michael Elias Balcon (19 May 1896 – 17 October 1977) was an English film producer known for his leadership of Ealing Studios in West London from 1938 to 1955. Under his direction, the studio became one of the most important British film ...

. Day-Lewis met Jill at a radio program in 1948 and began a relationship with her that year, despite being married to Mary. He continued simultaneous relationships with his married wife Mary who lived with their two sons in

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, unmarried mistress Lehmann who lived in Oxfordshire, and Jill who was his latest love. Day-Lewis eventually broke with both his wife and his mistress in order to be with Jill. But he was no more faithful to Jill than he had been with Mary or Rosamond. Jill's father was deeply unhappy about the scandalous affair since Jill was named publicly as co-respondent in Day-Lewis' divorce. He disinherited Jill and cut off all relationship with her and Day-Lewis. During the Second World War, he worked as a publications editor in the Ministry of Information, an institution satirised by

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalita ...

in his dystopian ''

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'', but equally based on Orwell's experience of the

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. During the Second World War, his work was less influenced by Auden and he was developing a more traditional style of

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. Some critics believe that he reached his full stature as a poet in ''Word Over All'' (1943), when he finally distanced himself from Auden. After the war, he joined the publisher Chatto & Windus as a director and senior editor. In 1946, Day-Lewis was a lecturer at

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, publishing his lectures in ''The Poetic Image'' (1947). Day-Lewis became a

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in the

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. He later taught poetry at

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, where he was

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from 1951 to 1956. During 1962–1963, he was the Norton Professor at

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. Day-Lewis was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968, in succession to

John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels '' The Midnight Folk'' and '' The Box of Delights'', and the p ...

. Day-Lewis was chairman of the Arts Council Literature Panel, vice-president of the

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, an Honorary Member of the

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, a Member of the Irish Academy of Letters and a Professor of Rhetoric at

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, London.

Cecil Day-Lewis died from

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on 22 May 1972, aged 68, at

Lemmons Lemmons, also known as Gladsmuir and Gladsmuir House, was the home of novelists Kingsley Amis (1922–1995) and Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014) on the south side of Hadley Common, Barnet, on the border of north London and Hertfordshire.K ...

, the Hertfordshire home of

Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and ...

and

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, where he and his family were staying. As a great admirer of

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wo ...

, he arranged to be buried near the author's grave at St Michael's Church in

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. Day-Lewis was the father of four children. His first two children, with Constance Mary King, were Sean Day-Lewis (3 August 1931–9 June 2022), a TV critic and writer, and Nicholas Day-Lewis, who became an engineer. His children with Balcon were Tamasin Day-Lewis, a television chef and food critic, and

, who became an award-winning actor. Sean Day-Lewis wrote a biography of his father, ''C. Day-Lewis: An English Literary Life'' (1980). Daniel Day-Lewis donated his father's archive of poetry to the

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Nicholas Blake

In 1935, Day-Lewis decided to increase his income from poetry by writing a detective novel, '' A Question of Proof'' under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake. He created Nigel Strangeways, an amateur investigator and gentleman detective who, as the nephew of an Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard, has access to official crime investigations. He published nineteen further crime novels. (In the first Nigel Strangeways novel, the detective is modelled on

, but Day-Lewis developed the character as a far less extravagant and more serious figure in later novels.) From the mid-1930s, Day-Lewis was able to earn his living by writing. Four of the Blake novels – '' A Tangled Web'', ''

A Penknife in My Heart ''A Penknife in My Heart'' is a 1958 crime thriller novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It was one of four stand-alone novels he wrote alongside the Nigel Strangeways detective novels. The plot is reminiscent ...

'', '' The Deadly Joker'', ''

The Private Wound ''The Private Wound'' is a 1968 mystery thriller novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It was one of four stand-alone novels he wrote alongside the Nigel Strangeways detective novels. The title is taken from a li ...

'' – do not feature Strangeways. '' Minute for Murder'' is set against the background of Day-Lewis's Second World War experiences in the Ministry of Information. ''Head of a Traveller'' features as a principal character a well-known poet, frustrated and suffering writer's block, whose best poetic days are long behind him. Readers and critics have speculated whether the author is describing himself or one of his colleagues, or has entirely invented the character.

Political views

In his youth and during the disruption and suffering of the Great Depression, Day-Lewis adopted communist views, becoming a member of the

Communist Party of Great Britain The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPGB ...

from 1935 to 1938. His early poetry was marked by didacticism and a preoccupation with social themes.Day Lewis, C
Infoplease In 1937, he edited ''The Mind in Chains: Socialism and the Cultural Revolution''. In the introduction, he supported a popular front against a "Capitalism that has no further use for culture". He explains that the title refers to

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bound by his chains, quotes Shelley's preface to '' Prometheus Unbound'' and says the contributors believe that "the Promethean fire of enlightenment, which should be given for the benefit of mankind at large, is being used at present to stoke up the furnaces of private profit". The contributors were:

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Edward Upward Edward Falaise Upward, FRSL (9 September 1903 – 13 February 2009) was a British novelist and short story writer who, prior to his death, was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Initially gaining recognition amongst the Auden Group as ...

, Arthur Calder-Marshall, Barbara Nixon,

Anthony Blunt Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy. Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, dire ...

Alan Bush Alan Dudley Bush (22 December 1900 – 31 October 1995) was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. He composed prol ...

Charles Madge Charles Henry Madge (10 October 1912 – 17 January 1996) was an English poet, journalist and sociologist, now most remembered as a founder of Mass-Observation. Philip Bounds, ''Orwell and Marxism: the political and cultural thinking of George ...

, Alistair Brown,

J.D. Bernal John Desmond Bernal (; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular book ...

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and

Edgell Rickword John Edgell Rickword, MC (22 October 1898 – 15 March 1982) was an English poet, critic, journalist and literary editor. He became one of the leading communist intellectuals active in the 1930s. Early life He was born in Colchester, Essex, w ...

. After the late 1930s, which were marked by the widespread purges, repression, and executions under

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in the Soviet Union, Day-Lewis gradually became disillusioned with communism. In his autobiography, ''The Buried Day'' (1960), he renounces former communist views. His detective novel, '' The Sad Variety'' (1964), contains a scathing portrayal of doctrinaire communists, the Soviet Union's repression of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, and the ruthless tactics of Soviet intelligence agents.

Selected works

Poetry

* ''Transitional Poem'' (1929) * ''From Feathers to Iron'' (1931) * ''Collected Poems 1929–1933'' (1935) * ''A Time to Dance and Other Poems'' (1935) * ''Overtures to Death'' (1938) * ''Short Is the Time'' (1945) * ''Selected Poems'' (1951) * ''Collected Poems'' (1954) * ''Pegasus and Other Poems'' (1957) * ''The Gate, and Other Poems'' (1962) * ''The Whispering Roots and Other Poems'' (1970) * ''The Complete Poems of C. Day-Lewis'' (1992) * Editor (with

L. A. G. Strong Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian, and poet, and published under the name L. A. G. Strong. He served as a director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958. ...

): ''A New Anthology of Modern Verse 1920–1940'' (1941) * Editor (with

John Lehmann Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann (2 June 1907 – 7 April 1987) was an English poet and man of letters. He founded the periodicals ''New Writing'' and ''The London Magazine'', and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited. Biography Born in ...

): ''The Chatto Book of Modern Poetry 1915–1955'' (1956)

Essay collections

* ''A Hope for Poetry'' (1934) * ''Poetry for You'' (1944) * ''The Poetic Image'' (1947)

Translations

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's ''

Georgics The ''Georgics'' ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word , ''geōrgika'', i.e. "agricultural (things)") the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example ...

'' (1940)An extract from this, ''Orpheus and Eurydice'', appeared in ''

The Queen's Book of the Red Cross ''The Queen's Book of the Red Cross'' was published in November 1939 in a fundraising effort to aid the Red Cross during World War II. The book was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth, and its contents were contributed by fifty British authors and arti ...

''. *

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mu ...

's ''Le Cimetière Marin'' (1946) *Virgil's ''

Aeneid The ''Aeneid'' ( ; la, Aenē̆is or ) is a Latin Epic poetry, epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy, Trojan who fled the Trojan_War#Sack_of_Troy, fall of Troy and travelled to ...

'' (1952) *Virgil's ''

Eclogues The ''Eclogues'' (; ), also called the ''Bucolics'', is the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil. Background Taking as his generic model the Greek bucolic poetry of Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version partly by offer ...

'' (1963)

Novels written under his own name

Novels

* ''The Friendly Tree'' (1936) * ''Starting Point'' (1937) * ''Child of Misfortune'' (1939)

Novels for children

* Dick Willoughby (1933) * '' The Otterbury Incident'' (1948)

Novels written as Nicholas Blake

Nigel Strangeways

* '' A Question of Proof'' (1935); First US edition by Harper and Brothers (1935) * ''Thou Shell of Death'' (1936; First US edition by Harper and Brothers published as ''Shell of Death'') (1936) * '' There's Trouble Brewing'' (1937) * '' The Beast Must Die'' (1938) adapted for the cinema by Román Viñoly Barreto in Argentina (1952) and by

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues a ...

in France (1969), and in Britain in 2021 as The Beast Must Die (TV series). * ''The Smiler with the Knife'' (1939). Serialised ''

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'', 1939 * ''Malice in Wonderland'' (1940; also published as ''Murder with Malice.'' U.S. title: ''The Summer Camp Mystery'') * ''The Case of the Abominable Snowman'' (1941; also published as ''The Corpse in the Snowman'') * '' Minute for Murder'' (1947) * '' Head of a Traveller'' (1949) * ''

The Dreadful Hollow ''The Dreadful Hollow'' is a 1953 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the tenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways Nigel Strangeways is a fictional Brit ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Whisper in the Gloom ''The Whisper in the Gloom'' is a 1954 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the eleventh in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. The novel introduced the recurri ...

'' (1954; also published as ''Catch and Kill'') * '' End of Chapter'' (1957) * '' The Widow's Cruise'' (1959) * ''

The Worm of Death ''The Worm of Death'' is a 1961 detective novel by the Anglo-Irish writer Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the fourteenth in a series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.Reilly p.135 Sy ...

'' (1961) * '' The Sad Variety'' (1964) * ''

The Morning after Death ''The Morning after Death'' is a 1966 detective novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, written under the pen name of Nicholas Blake. It is the sixteenth and last entry in the series of novels featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways.Reilly p.135 S ...

'' (1966)

Non-series novels

* '' A Tangled Web'' (1956; also published as ''Death and Daisy Bland'') * ''

'' (1958) * '' The Deadly Joker'' (1963) * ''

'' (1968)

Short stories

* "A Slice of Bad Luck" (''

The Bystander ''The Bystander'' was a British weekly tabloid magazine that featured reviews, topical drawings, cartoons and short stories. Published from Fleet Street, it was established in 1903 by George Holt Thomas. Its first editor, William Comyns Beaumo ...

'', 1 December 1935. Reprinted in ''Detection Medley'', ed. John Rhode utchinson, 1939 Also published as "The Assassin's Club".) * "Mr Prendergast and the Orange" (''Sunday Dispatch'', 27 March 1938. Reprinted in ''Bodies in the Library'', Volume 3, ed. Tony Medawar

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Also published as "Conscience Money".) * "It Fell to Earth" (''

The Strand Magazine ''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...

'', June 1944. Also published as "Long Shot".) * "The Snow Line" (''The Strand Magazine'', February 1949. Also published as "A Study in White" and "A Problem in White".) * "Sometimes the Blind See the Clearest" (''

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'', 18 March 1963. Also published as "Sometimes the Blind".)

Radio plays

* ''Calling James Braithwaite''. BBC Home Service, 20 and 22 July 1940. (Published in ''Bodies in the Library'', Volume 1, ed. Tony Medawar

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)

Autobiography

* ''The Buried Day''

Bibliography

*Sean Day-Lewis, ''Cecil Day-Lewis: An English Literary Life'' (1980)

Notes

External links

* *
Day-Lewis' poem 'Newsreel' read over footage from 1930s Pathe newsreels''C. Day Lewis, A Revised Bibliography, 1929–39 and Index of MSS Locations with Introductory Notes''
by Nick Watson, (a 65-page booklet, Radged Press, 2003)

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