Editing Edgell Rickword (section)

{{Short description|English poet, critic, journalist and literary editor}}
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'''John Edgell Rickword''', [[Military Cross|MC]] (22 October 1898 – 15 March 1982) was an English poet, critic, journalist and literary editor. He became one of the leading [[communist]] intellectuals active in the 1930s.

{{Infobox person
| name               = Edgell Rickword
| birth_date         = 22 October 1898
| birth_place        = [[Colchester]], [[Essex]], [[England]]
| death_date         = 15 March 1982
| education          = [[Colchester Royal Grammar School]],<br />[[Pembroke College, Oxford]]
| known_for          = Poetry, communist activism
| party              = [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB)
| awards             = [[Military Cross]]
}}