Richard Aldington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Aldington

English writer and poet

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1892

Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1962

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author, biographer, journalist, literary critic, soldier, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Aldington (8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962), born Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet, and an early associate of the Imagist movement.
He was married to the poet Hilda Doolittle (H.
D.) from 1911 to 1938.
Aldington's 50 year career included work in poetry, novels, criticism and biography.
He edited The Egoist literary journal and wrote for magazines such as The Times Literary Supplement, Vogue, The Criterion and Poetry.
His biography of Wellington (1946) was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
His circle included writers and critics such as T.
S.
Eliot, D.
H.
Lawrence, Ezra Pound, W.
B.
Yeats, Lawrence Durrell and C.
P.
Snow.
He championed H.D.
as the major poetic voice of the Imagist movement and helped to bring her work to international notice.