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Their passionate and stormy affair produced four children and left an indelible mark on both their creative outputs. Concurrently, Barker fathered three children with his first wife, Jessica. He returned to
England in 1943. From the late 1960s until his death, Barker made his home in
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George Barker’s passing on
October 27, 1991, left a legacy as rich and multifaceted as the life he led. His poetry, suffused with personal passions and marked by a distinctive voice, ensures his enduring presence in the annals of British literature.
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Barker’s youth was spent in the company of his younger brother Kit, who would later make his mark as a painter. Their upbringing later in
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Spanish civil war.
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The Arms of the Infinite: Elizabeth Smart and George Barker" (
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376:Thirty Preliminary Poems
290:, with his second wife,
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522:III hallucination poems
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173:, a stone's throw from
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