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James Henry Cousins
1873–1956
An Irish-born poet, playwright, critic, and teacher, he became an important cultural bridge between the Irish literary revival and modern India. His work mixed literature, art, education, and spiritual thought in a life that stretched from Belfast to Madanapalle.
2 Audiobooks
The legend of the blemished king, and other poems
by James Henry Cousins
Etain the Beloved, and Other Poems
by James Henry Cousins
About the author
Born in Belfast on July 22, 1873, James Henry Sproull Cousins was largely self-educated and went on to become a poet, playwright, editor, critic, and teacher. He was associated with the Irish literary revival and moved in the wider world of writers and cultural figures that included W. B. Yeats and George Russell (A.E.).
In 1915, he and his wife, Margaret Cousins, moved to India, where his life and work took on an even broader international dimension. There he wrote, taught, edited, lectured, and became active in the Theosophical movement, while also contributing to the development of art education and cultural institutions.
Cousins spent much of his later life in India and is remembered as a writer who linked literary, artistic, and spiritual worlds across countries. He died on February 20, 1956, in Madanapalle.