Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback C(ecil) Day Lewis (1904-1972) - pseudonym NICHOLAS BLAKE Anglo-Irish poet, critic, and educator. Cecil Day Lewis was appointed Poet Laureate in 1968. He also gained fame as a detective story writer under the name Nicholas Blake. In sixteen of ...