HUGHES, Ted

HUGHES, Ted
(1930-)
   Working name of UK poet Edward James Hughes for all his writing. Best known for volumes of dark, violent verse such as Crow (coll 1970; rev 1971), which like all his work features representations of other species in terms hinting at mythic metamorphoses, he has been Poet Laureate since 1984. Of sf interest is his children's sequence, comprisingin The IronMan: A Story in Five Nights (1968; vt The Iron Giant 1968 US), and The Iron Woman (1993 chap), in the first volume a frightening but friendly iron man defends the world against a dragon from space, ultimately persuading it to sing the music of the spheres, a sound which soothes humanity's terrible lust for war and causes peace; it was made into a musical (MUSIC), The Iron Man (1989) by Pete Townshend (1945-). Also for children, What is the Truth? A Farmyard Fable for the Young (1984 chap) and Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth (1986 chap), both written in a style that intermingles verse and prose, are complex tales mixing didactic concerns with flights of sf hyperbole. Much of his verse for children, variously collected in volumes like Moon-Whales (coll 1976 US; rev 1988 UK), is fantasy.
   JC

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  • Hughes,Ted — Hughes, Ted. Full name Edward James Hughes. 1930 1998. British poet who served as poet laureate from 1984 to 1998. His work is noted for its symbolism, passion, and dark, natural imagery. * * * …   Universalium

  • Hughes, Ted — (1930 1998)    Born at Mytholmyroyd, West Yorkshire, the son of a carpenter, he was educated at Mexborough Grammar school and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He met Sylvia Plath there and they married in 1956. Plath committed suicide in 1963, as did …   British and Irish poets

  • Hughes, Ted — orig. Edward James Hughes born Aug. 16, 1930, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, Eng. died Oct. 28, 1998, Devon British poet. The son of shopkeepers, he studied at Cambridge University. He married the American poet Sylvia Plath in 1956. His first volumes of …   Universalium

  • Hughes, Ted — orig. Edward James Hughes (16 ago. 1930, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, Inglaterra–28 oct. 1998, Devon). Poeta británico. Hijo de tenderos, se educó en la Universidad de Cambridge. En 1956 contrajo matrimonio con la poetisa estadounidense Sylvia Plath.… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ted Hughes — Nacimiento West Riding of Yorkshire, Inglaterra Defunción 28 de octubre …   Wikipedia Español

  • HUGHES (T.) — HUGHES TED (1930 ) Né à Mytholmroyd dans le Yorkshire, non loin de Haworth où avaient vécu les sœurs Brontë, marié à la poétesse Sylvia Plath qui s’est suicidée, Ted Hughes, un des plus grands poètes anglais du XXe siècle passa sa jeunesse entre… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Hughes — Hughes, David, barón de * * * (as used in expressions) Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes, Howard (Robard) Hughes, (James Mercer) Langston Hughes, Sir Samuel Hughes, Ted Edward James Hughes …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • ted — /ted/, v.t., tedded, tedding. to spread out for drying, as newly mown hay. [1400 50; late ME tedde; c. ON tethja to manure, OHG zettan to spread, Gk dateîsthai to divide] * * * (as used in expressions) Hughes Ted Ted Kennedy Shawn Ted Turner Ted… …   Universalium

  • Ted — /ted/, n. 1. Brit. Slang. See Teddy boy. 2. a male given name, form of Edward or Theodore. * * * (as used in expressions) Hughes Ted Ted Kennedy Shawn Ted Turner Ted Williams Ted * * * …   Universalium

  • Hughes — Hughes, Howard (1905 76) a US businessman, aircraft designer, pilot, and film ↑producer, famous for being very rich but also for being very unwilling to spend money. He was a ↑recluse (=someone who lives on their own and does not want to see… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Ted Hughes — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hughes. Ted Hughes Ted Hughes (Edward James Hughes, 17 août 1930 28 octobre 1998 …   Wikipédia en Français

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