Laurence Bradford Dakin
Laurence Bradford Dakin (1904–1972) was a writer and poet born in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, and lived throughout Europe, eventually moving to Laguna Hills, California, where he died. His best known work was Marco Polo: A Drama in Four Acts (1946), which reportedly sold over 30,000 copies in the United States and was hailed by John Masefield as the "work of a genius." Dakin was published by Obelisk Press. His wife was watercolour painter Ilene Dakin (née Stitchbury).
Laurence Bradford Dakin
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- 1904
- Died
- 1972
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- writer · poet
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Laurence Bradford Dakin (1904–1972) was a writer and poet born in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, and lived throughout Europe, eventually moving to Laguna Hills, California, where he died. His best known work was Marco Polo: A Drama in Four Acts (1946), which reportedly sold over 30,000 copies in the United States and was hailed by John Masefield as the "work of a genius." Dakin was published by Obelisk Press. His wife was watercolour painter Ilene Dakin (née Stitchbury).
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