The Great Fortune is a novel by English writer Olivia Manning first published in 1960.
 It forms the opening part of a six part novel series called the Fortunes Of War.
 The Fortunes Of War itself is split in two trilogies consisting of The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy.
 All the novels tell an unfolding story of how the Second World War impacts on the lives of a group of British expatriates.
Olivia Mary Manning (2 March 1908 – 23 July 1980) was a British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer.
 Her fiction and non-fiction, frequently detailing journeys and personal odysseys, were principally set in England, Ireland, Europe and the Middle East.
 She often wrote from her personal experience, though her books also demonstrate strengths in imaginative writing.
 Her books are widely admired for her artistic eye and vivid descriptions of place.
Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels "Fortunes of War".
 It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet.
 Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson met filming the TV series and married in real life.
 Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves.
 The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.
Reginald Donald "Reggie" Smith (31 July 1914 – 3 May 1985) was a teacher and lecturer, BBC radio producer, possible communist spy and model for the character of Guy Pringle in the novel sequence "Fortunes of War" written by his wife, Olivia Manning.
Manning Field at John L. Guidry Stadium is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
 It is home to the Nicholls State University Colonels football team of the Southland Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision.
 The stadium is named in honor of former state representative John L. Guidry who was instrumental in the establishment of Francis T. Nicholls Junior College.
 The playing surface is named Manning Field after the Manning family because Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Archie Manning hold the Manning Passing Academy football camp at the facility.
 The current playing surface is Astroturf 3D Grass.
 The stadium was officially dedicated on September 16, 1972 as Nicholls State defeated Ouachita Baptist 12-7.
John Barrington Wain CBE (14 March 1925 – 24 May 1994) was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement".
 For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
The Movement was a term coined in 1954 by J. D. Scott, literary editor of "The Spectator", to describe a group of writers including Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie, D. J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings, Thom Gunn and Robert Conquest.
 The Movement was essentially English in character as poets from other parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were not involved.
Fortunes of War is the collective name given to six novels by Olivia Manning, consisting of The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy.
 The Balkan Trilogy comprises the books "The Great Fortune" (1960), "The Spoilt City" (1962) and "Friends And Heroes" (1965).
 The Levant Trilogy comprises the books "The Danger Tree" (1977), "The Battle Lost And Won" (1978) and "The Sum Of Things"(1980).
Declaration is a 1957 anthology of essays by British writers.
 It was edited by Tom Maschler and features texts by Doris Lessing, Colin Wilson, John Osborne, John Wain, Kenneth Tynan, Bill Hopkins, Lindsay Anderson and Stuart Holroyd.
 The book is closely associated with the angry young men movement, and the essays are presented as "credos" of the writers.
Young Shoulders is a 1982 novel by John Wain.
 It portrays incompatibility in a marital relationship and how such a flawed marriage affects the children born out of it.
 It won the 1982 Whitbread Prize.

Question: Were Olivia Manning and John Wain both poets?
Answer: yes