David Jones | |
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| Born | Walter David Jones 1 November 1895 Brockley, Kent, England |
| Died | 28 October 1974 (aged 78) Harrow, England |
| Occupation | Poet, artist, essayist, critic |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | In Parenthesis (poem), The Anathemata (poem) |
| Notable awards | Order of the Companions of Honour |
Walter David Jones CH (1 November 1895 – 28 October 1974) was a British painter and modernist poet. As a painter he worked mainly in watercolour on portraits and animal, landscape, legendary and religious subjects. He was also a wood-engraver and inscription painter. In 1965, Kenneth Clark took him to be the best living British painter, while both T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden put his poetry among the best written in their century.[1] Jones's work gains form from his Christian faith and Welsh heritage.
- ^ Thomas Dilworth (2017). David Jones Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet. Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0224044608.