biography
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MacBeth, George (Mann)
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| lived:
| (1932–92)
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| biography:
| Poet and novelist, born in Shotts, North Lanarkshire, C Scotland, UK. He was educated in Sheffield and at New College, Oxford, and during 1955–76 was a popular producer of programmes for the BBC. A prolific poet, he was associated with the Group (poets which included Philip Hobsbaum (1932– ) and Edward Lucie-Smith (1933– ), and the macabre content of the The Penguin Book of Sick Verse (1963), which he edited, shows its influence. His first novel, The Transformation, appeared in 1975, and he also produced several books for children and many anthologies. He was married three times, his second wife being the novelist Lisa St Aubin de Terán (1953– ). |
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