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Kevin Young

Kevin Young was born on November 8, 1970 in Lincoln, Nebraska, the only child of Dr. Paul E. Young, an ophthalmologist and Dr. Azzie Young, a chemist. He studied under Seamus Heaney at Harvard University,

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Tonsure

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November 8

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What English novelist brought C. P. Cavafy to the attention of the English-speaking world?

Answer

E. M. Forster. He met Cavafy in Alexandria during World War I, when Forster was working for the Red Cross.

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