Norman Nicholson
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Norman Cornthwaite Nicholson OBE, (January 8, 1914 – May 30, 1987), was an English poet, known for his association with the Cumberland town of Millom. His poetry is noted for its local concerns, straightforwardness of language and inclusion of elements of common speech.
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[edit] Life
bereavements and nostalgias, riddles and catch-phrases, is caught in poems that are half-humorous, half-melancholy written in a relaxed and colloquial style." Nicholson was the subject of a South Bank Show broadcast in the United Kingdom on November 4, 1984.
[edit] Publications
- Man and Literature (1943)
- Five Rivers (1944)
- The Fire Of The Lord (1944)
- Old Man Of The Mountains (1945)
- The Green Shore (1947)
- Prophesy To The Wind (1947)
- Rock Face (1948)
- H. G. Wells (1950)
- William Cowper (1951)
- The Pot Geranium (1954)
- A Match For The Devil (1955)
- The Lakers (1955)
- Provincial Pleasures (1959)
- Birth By Drowning (1960)
- Portrait Of The Lakes (1963)
- A Local Habitation (1972)
- Stitch And Stone (1975)
- Wednesday Early Closing (1975)
- The Shadow of Black Combe (1978)
- Sea To The West (1981)
- Collected Poems (1994)
- Rising Five (date unknown)
[edit] Exhibition
Millom Folk Museum houses information about Norman Nicholson, as well a drift mine exhibit.
