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Arthur Newberry Choyce (1893 - 1937) modifica
Arthur Newberry Choyce was an english lieutenant and poet during the First World War.[1]
Biography modifica
Early life modifica
Arthur Newberry Choyce was born in Hugglescote, Leicestershire, UK in 1893. His parents were Benjamin Choyce, a carpenter, and his wife Mary Ann Choyce, nee Newberry. The Leicestershire village in which the family lived was near Coalville, about ten miles from Loughborough.[2]
Lieutenant and poet during the World War modifica
At the outbreak of war, Arthur joined the Leicestershire Regiment (known as ‘The Tigers’) as a Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion: the regiment appointed Choyce their official war poet. He was sent to the Western Front where he saw action during the Somme Offensive in 1916. Wounded on 15th June 1917, Arthur sheltered for twenty hours in a shell hole before being rescued and sent for treatment. When he had recovered sufficiently he was sent to America on a speaking tour, reciting his poems to great acclaim, encouraging Americans to join in the fight.
After the war, Arthur continued writing and publishing his work. He became headmaster of Snibston village Primary School[3] in Coalville, Leicestershire. Arthur died, aged just 43, in 1937 in Ashby-de-la-Zouche. It appears that wounds he received during the war may have contributed to his early death.[4]
Choyce's Works[5] modifica
- Crimson Stains: Poems of War and Love, 1917
- Memory: Poems of War and Love, 1918 (digitalized version available [6])
- Songs while wandering, 1919 (digitalized version available [7])
- These slender larches: a book of poems, 1924
- Lips at the brim: a novel, 1920
- Glinting dandelions: selected poems, 1921
- Stolen Shards, 1925
- Not until Gilboa: a book of poems, 1931
Works on Choyce modifica
- ^ Jane Goddard, Life story of war hero and ‘exceptional’ poet and teacher told in new book, su leicestermercury, 24 gennaio 2019. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.
- ^ Lucy, Forgotten Poets of the First World War: Arthur Newberry Choyce (1893 - 1937) – British poet, su Forgotten Poets of the First World War, 30 agosto 2017. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.
- ^ (EN) BBC - World War One At Home, Snibston Primary School, Leicestershire: Headmaster Turned War Poet, su BBC. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.
- ^ Lucy, Forgotten Poets of the First World War: Arthur Newberry Choyce (1893 - 1937) – British poet, su Forgotten Poets of the First World War, 30 agosto 2017. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.
- ^ worldcat.org, http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96000656/.
- ^ Arthur Newberry Choyce, Memory poems of war and love, New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.], 1918. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.
- ^ Arthur Newberry Choyce, Songs while wandering, New York, John Lane Company; London, John Lane, 1919. URL consultato il 6 aprile 2020.