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George Mann MacBeth (19 January 1932 – 16 February 1992) was a Scottish poet and novelist. He was born in Shotts, Lanarkshire.

When he was three, his family moved to Sheffield.He was educated in Sheffield at King Edward VII School where he was Head Prefect in 1951 ( photo), before going up to New College, Oxford, with an Open Scholarship in Classics.

He joined BBC Radio on graduating in 1955 from the University of Oxford. He worked there, as a producer of programmes on poetry, notably for the BBC Third Programme, until 1976. He was a member of The Group.

He resigned from the BBC to take up novel writing; he introduced a series of thrillers involving the spy, Cadbury. In his later post-BBC years, after divorcing his first wife, he married the novelist Lisa St Aubin de Terán, by whom he had a child, Alexander Morton George MacBeth, and after an acrimonious divorce, moved with his new wife, Penny, to Ireland to live in Tuam, County Galway. A few months later, George MacBeth was diagnosed as suffering from motor neurone disease, of which he died in early 1992. In the last poetry he wrote, MacBeth provides an anatomy of a cruel disease and the destruction it caused two people deeply in love. Penny and George had two children.

Poems from Oby (1982) was a Choice of the Poetry Book Society; Oby is a Norfolk village. He received a Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award for his work.

He died in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland.

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Total Books: 94
Anatomy of a Divorce
Anatomy of a Divorce [Hutchinson poets] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780091726843
ISBN-10: 0091726840
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Anna's Book
Anna's Book (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780030704871
ISBN-10: 0030704871
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Another Love Story
Another Love Story (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780747506065
ISBN-10: 074750606X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Book of Cats
Book of Cats (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781852241636
ISBN-10: 1852241632
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Born Losers
Born Losers (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780446906548
ISBN-10: 0446906549
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Burning Cone
Burning Cone (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780333108178
ISBN-10: 0333108175
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The Burning Cone
The Burning Cone (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780333108208
ISBN-10: 0333108205
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Buying a heart
Buying a Heart (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780689108167
ISBN-10: 0689108168
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Cadbury and the Samurai
Cadbury and the Samurai (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780450051005
ISBN-10: 0450051005
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Cadbury and the Seven Witches
Cadbury and the Seven Witches (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780450051128
ISBN-10: 0450051129
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A Child of War
A Child of War (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780224024365
ISBN-10: 0224024361
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The Cleaver Garden
The Cleaver Garden (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780436270147
ISBN-10: 0436270145
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Collected Poems 19581982
Collected Poems 19581982 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780091737658
ISBN-10: 0091737656
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Collected Poems 195870
Collected Poems 195870 (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780333125885
ISBN-10: 0333125886
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The Colour of Blood
The Colour of Blood (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780333054833
ISBN-10: 0333054830
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Dizzy's Woman
Dizzy's Woman (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780224028011
ISBN-10: 0224028014
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Doomsday Book Poems and Poem Games
A Doomsday Book Poems and Poem Games (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780851031408
ISBN-10: 0851031404
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Elegy for the Gas Dowsers
Elegy for the Gas Dowsers (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780706802504
ISBN-10: 0706802500
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A farewell
A Farewell (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780706800432
ISBN-10: 0706800435
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Hiroshima Dream
Hiroshima Dream (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780902620049
ISBN-10: 0902620045
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In the Hours Waiting for the Blood to Come
In the Hours Waiting for the Blood to Come (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780575019218
ISBN-10: 0575019212
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The Story of Daniel [Stories of Jesus Lutterworth] (Hardcover)