with the publication of his first book, Black Bull Guarding Apples in 1965, and went on to compile Frost Gods and Sonatas and Dreams. Black Bull Guarding Apples won him the acclaimed Cholmondeley Award in 1968. Other winners include Seamus Heaney, who was a close personal friend, and Philip Larkin. As a crossword setter, Mr Massingham compiled puzzles for The Spectator, The Listener and the Sunday Telegraph.
from Manchester Evening News: Farewell to 'Mass': Crossword king Harold Massingham dies, aged 78
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