Charles Causley

1917 - 2003

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

occupation: writer, poet

award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Cholmondeley Award, Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, Heywood Hill Literary Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

Charles Stanley Causley CBE FRSL (24 August 1917 – 4 November 2003) was a British poet, school teacher and writer. His work is often noted for its simplicity and directness as well as its associations with folklore, legends and magic, especially when linked to his native Cornwall. Source: Wikipedia (en)