Edward Lucie-Smith

Edward Lucie-Smith, 93, died on July 11, 2026. Edward Lucie-Smith was known publicly as a Jamaican-born English writer and poet and art critic (''Censoring the Body'', ''British Poetry since 1945''). John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933), known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is a Jamaican-born English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster. He has been highly prolific in these fields, writing or editing over a hundred books, his subjects gradually shifting around the late 1960s from mostly literature to mostly art. Public biographical listings identify Lucie-Smith as a Jamaican-born English writer. Lucie-Smith was also associated with poet and art critic (''Censoring the Body'', ''British Poetry since 1945''). OfficialObituary preserves this notice as a public memorial record for readers looking for confirmed basic details about Lucie-Smith. This public record remains centered on Lucie-Smith's work as a Jamaican-born English writer and poet and art critic (''Censoring the Body'', ''British Poetry since 1945'') and the documented milestones of that career.