Heathcote Williams

Heathcote Williams is an English poet, actor and dramatist. He has written a number of bestselling booklength polemical poems including Autogeddon, Falling for a Dolphin and Whale Nation, which in 1988 became, according to Philip Hoare the most powerful argument for the newly instigated worldwide ban on whaling.. Williams invented his idiosyncratic documentaryinvestigative poetry style which he continues to put to good purpose bringing a diverse range of environmental and political matters to public attention. In June 2015, he published a booklength investigative poem about the Muslim Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Badshah Khan

John Henley Jasper HeathcoteWilliams was born in Helsby, Cheshire. After his schooldays at Eton, he changed his name to Heathcote Williams. His father, also named Heathcote Williams, was a lawyer. From his early twenties, Williams has enjoyed a minor cult following. His first book was The Speakers , an account of life at Speakers Corner in Londons Hyde Park. In 1974, it was adapted for the stage by the Joint Stock Theatre Company.

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