Edward Lucie-smith (1933)

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Edward Lucie-Smith was a Jamaican-born English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster. Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1933 to a family of British civil servants, he moved to the United Kingdom in 1946. He proved exceptionally prolific, writing or editing over a hundred books, with his subjects gradually shifting around the late 1960s from mostly literature to mostly art. An internationally known art critic and historian, he was also a published poet and anthologist, and his books—including more than sixty on art—have been translated into many languages, with some titles reaching over 250,000 copies sold. Among his achievements, he curated numerous art exhibitions, including Peter Moores projects at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and retrospectives at the New Orleans Museum of Art. His rare combination of poetic sensibility with art historical expertise made him a distinctive voice in twentieth-century cultural criticism.</bio> <parameter name="timelineEvents">[ { "date": "1933-02-27", "title": "Birth in Kingston, Jamaica", "description": "Born John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith in Kingston, Jamaica to parents John Dudley Lucie-Smith and Mary Frances Lushington." }, { "date": "1946", "title": "Moved to United Kingdom", "description": "Relocated to England with his mother following his father's death." }, { "date": "1949", "title": "Entered Merton College, Oxford", "description": "Received a scholarship to study history at Merton College, Oxford University at age seventeen." }, { "date": "1954", "title": "Oxford degree and RAF service", "description": "Earned his B.A. in History from Oxford and began military service as an Education Officer in the Royal Air Force." }, { "date": "1956", "title": "Career in advertising and journalism", "description": "Began work as a copywriter at Notley's Advertising agency in London, while also writing poetry and contributing to broadcasting." }, { "date": "1961", "title": "Poetry publication success", "description": "Published 'A Tropical Childhood and Other Poems,' which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and Arts Council Triennial Award." }, { "date": "1965", "title": "Founded Turret Books", "description": "Established the small private press Turret Books in London and edited the influential 'Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse.'" }, { "date": "1966", "title": "Became full-time freelance writer", "description": "Left advertising to pursue writing, criticism, editing, and photography as a full-time career." } ]

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lucie-Smith