Cecil Day-Lewis His detective novel, "The Sad Variety" (1964), contains a scathing portrayal of doctrinaire communists, the Soviet Union's repression of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, and the ruthless tactics of Soviet intelligence agents. Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is the father of Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, a noted actor, and Tamasin Day-Lewis, a documentary filmmaker and television chef.
Tamasin Day-Lewis at King's College, Cambridge from 1973 until 1976. She writes for "The Daily Telegraph", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue" and "Food Illustrated". She is currently on the Board of Governors at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In October 2012, Day-Lewis and her brother Daniel donated papers belonging to their father to Oxford University, including early drafts of his work and letters from figures such as actor John Gielgud and poets W. H. Auden, Robert Graves and Philip Larkin. In 2011 she collaborated with Hemmerle and created the book "Delicious Jewels" published by Prestel. Tamasin Day-Lewis Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 17 September