We were very sad to hear of the passing of the great Fleur Adcock and want to celebrate her life and wonderful poems. We are very proud to have her recordings on the Archive and to be able to preserve them for the next generation of poets and readers.

Fleur Adcock (b.1934) was a New Zealander by birth but spent part of her childhood in England, returning to live in London in 1963. She worked as a librarian until 1979 before becoming a freelance writer. She authored ten books of poetry and a collected edition of her work, Poems 1960-2000, was published by Bloodaxe in 2000. Recipient of a Cholmondeley Award in 1976 and a New Zealand National Book Award in 1984, she was awarded an OBE in 1996. To read more, click here.

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