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Hobsbaum was born in London, into a Polish Jew ish family, and brought up in Yorkshire . He read English at Downing College, Cambridge , where he was taught by F. R. Leavis . From 1955 to 1959, he taught in London, during which time '' The Group '' proper was active. In 1959, he joined the University Of Sheffield to pursue doctoral research under William Empson ; the London ''Group'' continued until 1965, chaired by Edward Lucie-Smith . From 1962 to 1966, Hobsbaum held an academic position at the Queen's University Of Belfast . Here he also organized a weekly discussion group for poets, which became known as The Belfast Group . During this time, he befriended the emerging poets John Bond , Seamus Heaney , Michael Longley , Derek Mahon and Stewart Parker , and generally supported their efforts. In 1966, he moved to the University Of Glasgow , becoming a Professor in 1985. Once again, he became the nucleus of a group of new and distinctive authors, including Alasdair Gray , Liz Lochhead , James Kelman , Tom Leonard and Jeff Torrington . WORKS
Other materials # In 2002, the Scottish-American poetry magazine The Dark Horse printed an interview with him, in which he discussed his biography and work. OBITUARIES Obituaries appeared in a number of publications on both sides of the Atlantic:
...plus obituaries in the Herald , Scotsman , Jewish Chronicle and Independent which are no longer (free-access) online. |
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