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Norman Nicholson's Death

Born (Birthday) January 8, 1914

Death Date May 30, 1987

Age of Death 73 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Whitehaven, United Kingdom

Profession Poet

The poet Norman Nicholson died at the age of 73. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

British poet and author known for the vernacular and religious character of such poems as “Old Man at a Cricket Match.” He also wrote several religious verse dramas, including Birth by Drowning and A Match for the Devil.

He received sanatorium treatment for tuberculosis when he was a teenager.

His literary legacy was celebrated by the 2006 establishment of The Norman Nicholson Society.

He married Yvonne Edith Gardner, a school teacher, in 1956.

His work was admired by celebrated Irish poet Seamus Heaney.