In
1930, while he was still at Oxford, he met and married his
first wife, Giovanna Ezra, 1930. They divorced in 1936,
leaving MacNeice as the single parent of their only child,
a boy named Dan. MacNeice later married Hedli Anderson,
a singer in 1942. They had a child, Corinna, but separated
in 1960. MacNeice had many love affairs throughout his life,
but he never seemed to have much luck with women. WH Auden
once described MacNeice as a lover of woman and a lover
of Donegal.
After Oxford. MacNeice moved first to Birmingham to lecture
in Classics. He finally moved to London, where he eventually
joined the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ as an Arts Producer, where his colleagues
included Dylan Thomas. It was a hardworking, hard drinking
environment. During this time, he produced many radio plays.
The Dark Tower is considered the best of these. But during
this period, his poetry suffered as a result of his work
for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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