Patric Thomas Dickinson (December 26, 1914—January 28, 1994) was a British poet, translator from the Greek and Latin classics, and playwright. He also worked for the BBC

BBC

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, from 1942 to 1948. He wrote full time from 1948.

He was born in Nasirabad

Nasirabad

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, India

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. He studied at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. An autobiography The Good Minute was published in 1965.

He received the Cholmondeley Award

Cholmondeley Award

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 in 1973.

External links

• Biography
• Patric Dickinson at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
  University of Texas at Austin
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