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Causley, Charles Stanley (1917–2003)| English poet. His first volume of verse, Farewell Aggie Weston (1951), reflected his service in the Royal Navy during World War II. Recent collections of his verse include Collected Poems 1951–1997 (1997) and Collected Poems for Children (1996). His work is rooted in the life and folklore of his native Cornwall and makes use of ballad material and religious themes. He was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1986. |
| Other collections include Union Street (1957), Underneath the Water (1968), Figgie Hobbin (1970) (for children), and Secret Destinations (1984). |
| After serving in the Royal Navy he became a primary school teacher until his retirement in 1976. |
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