Cypress Walk. Letters from Alun Lewis to Freda Aykroyd

Alun Lewis (1915-44) was born in Aberdare, South Wales. He won a scholarship to the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, gaining a first-class degree and taking up a research studentship at Manchester University, before training as a teacher. His poetry collections include Raider's Dawn (1943) and the posthumous Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (1945). A collection of stories, The Last Inspection, was published in 1943.

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