Alun Lewis (
1915-
1944) was a
poet of the
Anglo-Welsh school, born at
Aberdare in the Cynon valley,
Wales. By the time he attended
Cowbridge Grammar School, he was already interested in writing. He went on to the
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth[?] and
Manchester University. Although best known as a poet, his first published work was a volume of short stories,
The Last Inspection (
1942). He died in
Burma, in the course of the
Second World War campaign against the Japanese.