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Humbert WolfeCBCBE (5 January 1885 – 5 January 1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant.

Biography

Humbert Wolfe was born in Milan, Italy, and came from a Jewish family background,^[1] his father, Martin Wolff, being of German descent and his mother, Consuela, née Terraccini, Italian.

He was brought up in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire and was a pupil at Bradford Grammar School.^[2] Wolfe attended Wadham College at the University of Oxford.

He was one of the most popular British authors of the 1920s.^[1] He was also a translator of Heinrich Heine, Edmond Fleg (1874–1963) and Eugene Heltai (Heltai Jenő).

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A Christian convert, he remained very aware of his Jewish heritage.^{[citation needed]}

His career was in the Civil Service, beginning in the Board of Trade and then in the Ministry of Labour. By 1940 he had a position of high responsibility.

His work was recognised with a CBE and the