Clere Parsons

Clere Parsons (1908–1931) was an English poet, born in India.[1] He was educated at Christ Church,^[citation needed] University of Oxford,[1] and edited the 1928 edition of Oxford Poetry.^[citation needed]

His only collection, Poems, was published after his death by Faber & Faber.[1] Both the Oxford University Press Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry, and Penguin Books Poetry of the Thirties include selections from his work. Richard Burton in his 2013 biography of Basil Bunting, A Strong Song Tows Us,[2] states that "given the evidence of the Poems, (Parsons) would have been a significant voice in twentieth century poetry".

His work was influenced by that of W. H. Auden and Laura Riding,[1] and has been praised by Geoffrey Grigson and C. H. Sisson .[1]

Parsons had Type I diabetes, and died of pneumonia.[3]

References

1. Ousby, Ian, ed. (1993). The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 721. ISBN 0-521-44086-6.
2. Burton, Richard (2013). A Strong Song Tows Us, Oxford, Prospecta Press/ Infinite Ideas
3. "Bookride: Writers who were invalids...Clere Parsons & W. N. P. Barbellion". 5 April 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2010.