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On being asked by Mr Stephen Spender in the 1930s how best a poet could serve the Communist cause:

Go to Spain and get killed. The movement needs a Byron.

Harry Pollitt

Harry Pollitt

Harry Pollitt

Born: November 22, 1890

Died: June 27, 1960 (aged 69)

Bio: Harry Pollitt was a British politician who served as the head of the trade union department of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the General Secretary of the party.

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