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Walter De La Mare

1873-1956 GB, Charlton, London
Spoken Word, Children's Music and Classical
A.k.a. Walter John de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare OM CH (/ˈdɛləˌmɛər/; 25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listeners", and for subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them "Seaton's Aunt" and "Out of the Deep".His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, and his post-war Collected Stories for Children won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

     
Genres
  • Spoken Word
  • Children's Music
  • Classical
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Introduction to Thomas Hardy on British Poets, Historic Readings Volume One by Various Artists
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Thomas Hardy on British Poets, Historic Readings Volume One by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Peacock PieWalter De La Mare, Anne Harvey, Hugh Dickson2000Album
But Yesterday Is Not Today, The American Art Song 1927-1972Samuel Barber, Paul Bowles, Aaron Copland, Theodore Chanler, Israel Citkowitz, John Duke, Robert Helps, Roger Sessions / James Agee, Jane Bowles, E. E. Cummings, Leonard Feeney, James Joyce, Archibald MacLeish, Walter De La Mare, James Purdy, Edwin Arlington Robinson / Bethany Beardslee / Donald Gramm & Donald Hassard1996Album
But Yesterday Is Not TodaySamuel Barber, Paul Bowles, Aaron Copland, Theodore Chanler, Israel Citkowitz, John Duke, Robert Helps, Roger Sessions / James Agee, Jane Bowles, E. E. Cummings, Leonard Feeney, James Joyce, Archibald MacLeish, Walter De La Mare, James Purdy, Edwin Arlington Robinson / Bethany Beardslee / Donald Gramm & Donald Hassard1977Album
Animal Stories Red By Lynn RedgraveWalter De La Mare Read By Lynn Redgrave1975Album
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Poems For ChildrenWalter De La MareSingle
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