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William Oxley was born on 1939, is an English poet (1939–2020). Discover William Oxley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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1963

Oxley met Patricia Holmes through the Manchester Shakespeare Players, and they married in 1963.

1966

They had two daughters, Elizabeth Helen (b. 1966) and Katie Sarah (b. 1969).

1967

He published his first volume of poetry in 1967, and his latest volume in 2015.

1972

He founded the magazine Littack (Literature Attack) in 1972, and also edited the poetry publications New Headland (1969–74), Laissez-Faire (1971–75), Orbis (1972–74), The Village Review (1973–74), Poetry Newsletter (1976–78), The Littack Supplement (1976–80) and Lapis Lazuli (1977–78).

He also co-edited the newsletter of the Long Poem Group for several years, as its founder.

1976

In 1976, he moved to Devon with his family, and focused on poetry.

After originally settling in London, they moved to Brixham in South Devon with Patricia's mother in 1976.

1980

Following the publication of a number of his works on the Continent in the 1980s and 1990s, Oxley was dubbed one of Britain's first Europoets.

He read his work on UK and European radio and was said to be the only British poet to have read in Shangri-la, Nepal.

1985

His wife Patricia founded the literary journal Acumen in 1985, with William as treasurer and interviews editor.

1990

He became a member of the general council of the Poetry Society in 1990, and opposed its commercialisation.

2000

In 2000, William was poet laureate for Torbay, the district covering Brixham, where he had moved to.

2001

This led to him and Patricia organising the Torbay Poetry Festival from 2001 to 2019.

2002

A limited edition print employing lines from his epic poem, A Map of Time, was chosen by the Department of Cartography at the University of Wisconsin to use, with appropriate illustration, in their Annual Broadsheet for 2002.

Another of his long poems, Over the Hills of Hampstead, was awarded first prize by the online long poem magazine, Echoes of Gilgamesh.

2008

In 2008, he received the Torbay ArtsBase Award for Literature.

His work is featured on various websites, including, from its beginning, Anne Stewart's prestigious www.poetrypf.co.uk and www.creativetorbay.com.

2014

His archive was acquired by the British Library in 2014.

2020

William Oxley (1939 – February 4, 2020) was an English poet.

In addition to 31 poetry publications, he was also responsible for a range of books covering literary criticism, philosophy, fiction, plays and biography.

Oxley began his career working as a messenger boy in Salford.

He then became an articled clerk at Willett, Son & Garner, and qualified as a chartered accountant there.

He began to write poetry after moving to London and working in the city, first for Deloitte and then Lazard.

Oxley's poems were widely published throughout the world, in magazines and journals as diverse as The New York Times, The Formalist (USA), The Scotsman, New Statesman, The London Magazine, Stand, The Independent, The Spectator and The Observer.

He died in February 2020, aged 80, survived by his wife and daughters.