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John Ernest Silkin (18 March 1923 – 26 April 1987) was a British left-wing Labour politician and solicitor. Early life. He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Jon Silkin (1930-1997) was a British poet, translator, and editor. He wrote over 30 collections, mostly about his Jewish identity, dislocation, and nature, and founded the magazine Stand.
Jon Silkin (2 December 1930 – 25 November 1997) was a British poet. He was also the founder of Stand magazine in 1952. Early life. Jon Silkin was born in London, in a Litvak Jewish family; his parents were Joseph Silkin and Doris Rubenstein. [1] . His grandparents were all from the Lithuanian part of the Russian Empire. [1] .
Dec 1, 1997 · Jon Silkin, poet: born London 2 December 1930; FRSL 1986; married 1974 Lorna Tracy (three sons, one daughter and one son deceased; marriage dissolved 1995); died Newcastle upon Tyne 25...
Apr 28, 1987 · John E. Silkin, a former Cabinet minister and veteran Member of Parliament for the Labor Party, died Sunday at his home here. He was 64 years old and no cause of death was given.
Jon Silkin was the son of Jewish parents, Joseph Silkin, a lawyer, and Dora Rubenstein Silkin. War made a deep impression on Silkin as a child; as a youngster, one of Silkin’s most...
Silkin, no fewer than twenty-seven of the fifty-seven featured poets appeared in translation, while six of the thirty-three Northern House pamphlets were translations.
