The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry

Fleur Adcock was born in New Zealand in 1934, and spent the war years in England, returning with her family to New Zealand in 1947. She emigrated to Britain in 1963, working as a librarian in London until 1979. She was Northern Arts Literary Fellow in 1979-81, living in Newcastle, becoming a freelance writer after her return to London. She show more received an OBE in 1996, and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006 for Poems 1960-2000. This was followed by Dragon Talk (20 (0), Class Wings (2013), The Land Ballot (20IS). Hoard (2017) and The Mer-maid's Purse (2021). In 2019 Fleur Adcock was presented with the New Zealand Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry by the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. show less