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Awards: Whitbread (1982), SoA (1958) see all
Novels
Hurry On Down (1953)
aka Born in Captivity
Living in the Present (1955)
The Contenders (1958)
A Travelling Woman (1959)
Strike the Father Dead (1962)
The Young Visitors (1965)
The Smaller Sky (1967)
A Winter in the Hills (1970)
Visit at Tea Time (1977)
The Pardoner's Tale (1978)
Lizzie's Floating Shop (1981)
Young Shoulders (1982)
aka Free Zone Starts Here
Where the Rivers Meet (1988)
Comedies (1990)
Hungry Generations (1994)
aka Born in Captivity
Living in the Present (1955)
The Contenders (1958)
A Travelling Woman (1959)
Strike the Father Dead (1962)
The Young Visitors (1965)
The Smaller Sky (1967)
A Winter in the Hills (1970)
Visit at Tea Time (1977)
The Pardoner's Tale (1978)
Lizzie's Floating Shop (1981)
Young Shoulders (1982)
aka Free Zone Starts Here
Where the Rivers Meet (1988)
Comedies (1990)
Hungry Generations (1994)
Collections
Mixed Feelings (poems) (1951)
A Word Carved On a Sill (poems) (1956)
Nuncle (1960)
Weep Before God (poems) (1961)
Death of the Hind Legs (1966)
Letters to Five Artists (poems) (1969)
Life Guard (1971)
Selected Stories of Thomas Hardy (1975) (with Thomas Hardy)
Selection (1977)
King Caliban and Other Stories (1978)
Poems, 1949-79 (poems) (1980)
Poetry of Dylan Thomas (1982) (with Dylan Thomas)
Open Country (poems) (1987)
Selected Stories (1989)
Two Worlds of Ernst (1991)
The Twofold (poems) (1998)
Selected Poems and Memoirs of John Wain (2000)
A Word Carved On a Sill (poems) (1956)
Nuncle (1960)
Weep Before God (poems) (1961)
Death of the Hind Legs (1966)
Letters to Five Artists (poems) (1969)
Life Guard (1971)
Selected Stories of Thomas Hardy (1975) (with Thomas Hardy)
Selection (1977)
King Caliban and Other Stories (1978)
Poems, 1949-79 (poems) (1980)
Poetry of Dylan Thomas (1982) (with Dylan Thomas)
Open Country (poems) (1987)
Selected Stories (1989)
Two Worlds of Ernst (1991)
The Twofold (poems) (1998)
Selected Poems and Memoirs of John Wain (2000)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Anthology of Modern Poetry (1963)
Personal Choice (1978)
Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (1979)
Everyman's Book of English Verse (1981)
The Oxford Library of English Poetry (1986)
The Oxford Library of Short Novels (1990)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Blake to Heaney (1990)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spenser to Crabbe (1990)
Personal Choice (1978)
Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (1979)
Everyman's Book of English Verse (1981)
The Oxford Library of English Poetry (1986)
The Oxford Library of Short Novels (1990)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Blake to Heaney (1990)
The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spenser to Crabbe (1990)
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Awards
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John Wain recommends
The Magnolia (1994)
Philip Callow
"Callow is a writer who feels life, smells it, eats and drinks it, draws it up through the soles of his feet."
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