Fleur Adcock CNZM OBE (born 10 February 1934) is a New Zealand poet and editor, of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life...
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of Twentieth-Century Women's Poetry is a poetry anthology edited by Fleur Adcock that was published in 1987 by Faber and Faber. Sixty-four writers born...
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means "flower" in French. Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand poet and editor Fleur Agema (born 1976), Dutch politician Fleur Anderson (born 1971), British...
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charged with manslaughter over the deaths, but these charges were dropped. Fleur Adcock, one of Crump's ex-wives, said that it was negligence on his behalf that...
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Christopher Reid, Craig Raine, David Sweetman, Derek Mahon, Douglas Dunn, Fleur Adcock, Hugo Williams, James Fenton, Jeffrey Wainwright, Medbh McGuckian, Michael...
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Lionel Adcock (1895–1967), American Army Officer Eddie Adcock, American bluegrass musician Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand poet Frank Adcock, British...
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Wellington Teachers' College. In 1952 he married his first wife, the poet Fleur Adcock; they had two sons but divorced six years later. The two remained on...
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British poetry". Pykett, Lyn (1997). "Women poets and "Women's poetry": Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke and Carol Rumens". In Day, John; Docherty, Brian (eds...
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list. OUP's authors had included such critically acclaimed poets as Fleur Adcock, Joseph Brodsky, Greg Delanty, Alice Oswald, Craig Raine, and Jo Shapcott...
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The sixth edition, published in 1993, included Nadine Gordimer and Fleur Adcock. The seventh edition added Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf, Shakespeare's...
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Maurice Gee, Keri Hulme and Eleanor Catton, poets James K. Baxter, Fleur Adcock, Selina Tusitala Marsh and Hone Tuwhare, children's authors Margaret...
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Fleur Adcock Moniza Alvi W. H. Auden Samuel Beckett Asa Benveniste Caroline Bergvall James Berry Eavan Boland Jean "Binta" Breeze Basil Bunting Mary Butts...
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– Jason Allen-Paisant, Self-Portrait as Othello 1993 – Peter Porter, Fleur Adcock, Edna Longley, Robert Crawford and John Lucas 1994 – Elaine Feinstein...
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Sidney Keyes Edited by John Press. The poets included were: Dannie Abse – Fleur Adcock – William Alexander, Earl of Stirling – Kingsley Amis – Simon Armitage...
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Aboulela 2023 *Melanie Abrahams 2020 Peter Ackroyd 1984 Donald Adamson 1983 Fleur Adcock 1984 Sulaiman Addonia 2022 Diran Adebayo 2006 John Agard 2007 *Sandra...
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Shapcott 2010: Gillian Clarke 2009: Don Paterson 2007: James Fenton 2006: Fleur Adcock 2004: Hugo Williams 2003: U. A. Fanthorpe 2002: Peter Porter 2001: Michael...
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antiquary, poet and translator Arthur St. John Adcock (1864–1930), novelist and editor Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist...
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also of each of American poetry, British poetry and Canadian poetry. Fleur Adcock Maya Angelou Matthew Arnold Margaret Atwood W. H. Auden Margaret Avison...
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fashioned' Inner Harbour (1979) – based on Fleur Adcock's poems Hotspur (1980) – based on Fleur Adcock's poems At night the garden was full of voices...
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Introduction (1978) New Poetry 4 (1978), Arts Council anthology, editor with Fleur Adcock Victorian Voices (1980), poems Odyssey : Mirror of the Mediterranean...
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anthologies, including: The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry, ed. Fleur Adcock (London: Faber & Faber, 1987), where her "The Sparrow's Skull" and "Morning...
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Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf) Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p) Fleur Adcock (born 1934, N Zealand/England, p) Jane Addams (1860–1935...
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New Zealand has a strong poetic tradition; poets like James K. Baxter, Fleur Adcock and C.K. Stead emerged in the 1950s with a focus on New Zealand national...
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Name Notability District Notes Fleur Adcock Poet Kingsley Amis Novelist and poet Barnet L Martin Amis Novelist Barnet L Alison Weir Novelist, historian...
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Brooke, writing for The Press, called it "grandiose, inflated nonsense". Fleur Adcock said it was "hard to be sure whether this remarkable novel is a masterpiece...
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No. 3 In A Minor, Op. 56 - Scottish (Opening Of 1st Mvt) 17 May 2009 Fleur Adcock Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You'Re Down And Out Britten Dirge...
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singer-songwriter and writer Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946), Estonian poet Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealand poet mainly in England Joseph Addison (1672–1719)...
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Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) Edna O'Brien (born 1932) Audre Lorde (1934–1992) Fleur Adcock (born 1934) Diane di Prima (1934–2020) June Jordan (1936–2002) A. S....
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Zealand Prime Ministers who attended Victoria University of Wellington Fleur Adcock, (MA) poet, Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry recipient Barbara Anderson...
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Malta King Curtis, African-American saxophonist (d. 1971) February 10 – Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet February 11 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian military dictator...
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