A. Alvarez
A. Alvarez · Arts & Literature
Poet / lyricist
1929, London, England — 2019, London, England
United Kingdom
A. Alvarez is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Poet / lyricist
Al Alvarez was a British poet, critic and author whose influential poetry criticism and the study of suicide 'The Savage God' shaped post-war literary culture; as poetry editor of The Observer he championed confessional poets such as Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Born in London to a Sephardi Jewish family, he was Jewish.
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Poet / lyricist
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