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Walker, Edward Joseph, 1934-2004 (poet)

 Person

Biography

Ted Walker (Edward Joseph Walker) was born on 28 November 1934 in Lancing, West Sussex, and educated at Steyning Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1956, M.A. 1977). He received an Eric Gregory Award in 1964 and a Cholmondeley Award in 1966. His principal collections of poetry were 'Fox on a Barn Door' (1965), 'The Solitaries' (1967), 'The Night Bathers' (1970), 'Gloves to the Hangman' (1973), 'Burning the Ivy' (1978), 'Hands at a Live Fire: Selected Poems' (1987) and 'Mangoes on the Moon' (1999). In addition to poetry he wrote short stories, plays, children's books, two volumes of autobiography, 'The High Path' (1982) and 'The Last of England' (1993), and a travel book, 'In Spain' (1987). He died on 19 March 2004.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Series

Letter from Ted Walker, 1967

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8985/639
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters from many American and English poets and scholars, 1940-80; occasional manuscripts and typescripts of poetry; 18 letters on The Sandpipers; and a collection of letters of poets and writers, 1856-c.1950.

Dates: 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Ted Walker: Poems

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9986
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are accompanied by notes by Ted Walker's brother George Walker, and there is a letter from Ted Walker to his mother.

Dates: 1962-1965 (and undated)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).