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John Masefield was born in 1878 in Herefordshire, England. At an early age his parents died, and growing up he was sent to sea aboard the school-ship HMS Conway in preparation for a naval service. But soon he left the ship. Arrangements were then made for him to join another ship in New York. But Masefield had other plans, he thought of writing. So his first volume of poetry, Salt-Water Ballads, was published in 1902, however, he made his mark on the literary scene with the publication of a narrative poem, The Everlasting Mercy in 1911. The success of his second book was followed by the publication of several long narrative poems, including Dauber (in 1914) and Reynard the Fox (in 1919). With the outbreak of the war, Masefield became an attendant at a hospital in France. After failing there, Masefield visited America and undertook a series of lectures in support of the war effort. In 1930 he was appointed Poet Laureate, and five years later the much-loved Masefield was awarded the Order of Merit. He died on May 12, 1967, and his ashes were buried in Westminster Abbey. His The two Kay Harker books, The Midnight Folk (of 1927) and The Box of Delights (of 1935), are Masefield’s lasting contribution to children’s fantasy literature. The Box of Delights is now an established Christmas favorite and as much a part of the season as Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.


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