In the same year he married Marianne Gilliam (née Helweg) the ex-wife of his immediate boss in the BBC, Lawrence Gilliam. They lived in England until 1966 when Rodgers secured a post as writer in residence at Pitzer College, Claremont, California and later a lecturing post at California State Polytechnic. In 1968 he was awarded a life annuity of £100 by the Arts Council of Ireland as an acknowledgement of his distinction in letters and of the honour which his literary work had reflected on Ireland. He died in 1969 in Los Angeles and was buried at Loughgall, County Armagh. Works Awake! And Other Poems (1941) The Ulstermen and Their Country (1947) Europa and the Bull (1952) (poems) Ireland in Colour (1957) (prose) Essex Roundabout (1963) (prose) Collected Poems (1971) Irish Literary Portraits (1972) References 1909 births 1969 deaths Presbyterians from Northern Ireland Irish radio producers Radio writers from Northern Ireland Male poets from Northern Ireland Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland Clergy from Belfast Alumni of Queen's University Belfast 20th-century poets from Northern Ireland Male writers from Northern Ireland British radio producers Writers from Belfast 20th-century British male writers