John Betjeman

John Betjeman
Date personale
Născut	28 august 1906 Londra, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei
Decedat	19 mai 1984 (77 de ani) Cornwall, Anglia, Regatul Unit
Înmormântat	St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick[*][[St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick (church in Cornwall, England, UK)|​]]
Cauza decesului	cauze naturale (boala Parkinson)
Părinți	Ernest Edward Betjemann[*][[Ernest Edward Betjemann ((1872-1934))|​]] Mabel Bessie Dawson[*][[Mabel Bessie Dawson ((1879-1952))|​]]
Căsătorit cu	Penelope Chetwode[*][[Penelope Chetwode (British travel writer)|​]] (29 iulie 1933–1972)
Copii	Candida Lycett Green[*][[Candida Lycett Green (scriitoare britanică)|​]] Paul Betjeman[*][[Paul Betjeman ((born 1937))|​]]
Cetățenie	Regatul Unit  Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei (–12 aprilie 1927)
Religie	anglicanism[*]​
Ocupație	poet traducător jurnalist critic literar[*]​ scenarist prezentator de televiziune
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză
Studii	Magdalen College[*][[Magdalen College (constituent college of the University of Oxford in England)|​]] Dragon School[*][[Dragon School (school in Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK)|​]] Highgate School[*][[Highgate School (school in Haringey, UK)|​]] Marlborough College[*][[Marlborough College (school in Wiltshire, England, UK)|​]] Byron House School[*][[Byron House School (Preparatory school in Highgate, London)|​]]
Limbi	limba engleză
Note
Premii	Comandor al Ordinului Imperiului Britanic[*]​ King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry[*][[King’s / Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry (British literary prize)|​]] Medalia Albert[*]​ Knight Bachelor[*][[Knight Bachelor (title granted to a man who has been knighted by the British monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry)|​]] Russell Loines Award for Poetry[*][[Russell Loines Award for Poetry |​]] Heinemann Award[*][[Heinemann Award |​]]

Sir John Betjeman (n. 28 august 1906, Londra, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și Irlandei – d. 19 mai 1984, Cornwall, Anglia, Regatul Unit) a fost un poet, scriitor și distribuitor englez.

Legături externe

• Betjeman documentaries on BBC iPlayer
• John Betjeman Poetry Competition for Young People website
• John Betjeman fonds at University of Victoria, Special Collections
• John Betjeman Concordance at University of Victoria, Special Collections
• The Betjeman Society
• Poetry Foundation profile
• profile and poems written and audio at the Poetry Archive^{[nefuncțională]}
• BBC4 audio interviews from People Today 24 December 1959 Home Service
• David Heathcote's A Shell Eye on England Arhivat în 20 ianuarie 2011, la Wayback Machine.