Harold Massingham

Harold W. Massingham (b.25th October 1932 Mexborough d.13th March 2011) was a British poet.

Life
He is the son of H. W. Massingham (a collier from Mexborough). He attended the same Mexborough Grammar School as the Yorkshire poet and Poet Laureate Ted Hughes but in a class two years below. He taught at the University of Manchester; students included Steven Waling, and Trevor Griffiths.

Harold Massingham lived in Mexborough, and published three volumes of poetry in 1965, 1972 and 1992.

His work was published in The New Yorker,and Alhambra Poetry Calendar.

Under the pseudonym ‘Mass’, he set crosswords for national newspapers and magazines for more than 30 years. He also compiled chess puzzles.

Awards

 * 1968 Cholmondeley Awards for Poets

Poetry Broadsheets

 * Doomsday
 * The magician, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press, 1969
 * Seafarer
 * Wanderer

Poetry Books

 * Frost Gods, MacMillan, 1972
 * Sonatas & Dreams, Littlewood Arc, 1992
 * Sonatas & Dreams, Littlewood Arc, 1992