The Charles Causley Trust
Charles Causley was born in 1917 and is acknowledged as one of the very finest Twentieth Century English poets. He lived all his life in Launceston in Cornwall, where he was a popular and admired figure and, for many years, a much-loved school teacher.
His poetic reputation was worldwide and brought him many awards; among them The Queen’s Gold Medal and The Ingersoll/TS Eliot Award. He was made a CBE in 1986 and a Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature in 2000. He received the Hon DLitt from the University of Exeter, where his archive is now held. He died in 2003.
The Charles Causley Trust exists to protect and promote the legacy of Charles Causley’s writing for future generations in the United Kingdom and beyond.
The Trust acquired Charles Causley’s House in 2007 and their future work is the continued development of the poet’s house as a centre to celebrate his life and writing and promote new literature activity in the community and region in which he lived.