Dorothy Nimmo
Dorothy Nimmo (1932 in Manchester – 24 May 2001) was an English poet, winner of the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.
Dorothy Nimmo
- Name
- Dorothy Nimmo
- Born
- 1932
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
- Place of death
- Yorkshire, England
- Occupation
- Poet
- Education
- Lancaster University
- Died
- 2001
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Honours
- Cholmondeley Award
- Languages
- English
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Dorothy Nimmo (1932 in Manchester – 24 May 2001) was an English poet, winner of the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.
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Dorothy Nimmo (1932–2001) was a poet and writer, of British nationality. The poet was born in Manchester. Dorothy Nimmo was educated at University of Lancaster.
Languages used include English. Honours include Cholmondeley Award.
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• Name — Dorothy Nimmo • Born — 1932 • Birthplace — Manchester, England • Place of death — Yorkshire, England • Occupation — Poet • Education — Lancaster University • Genre — Poetry
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Educated in York and Cambridge, Nimmo worked as an actress in London before spending the 1960s in Geneva, returning to England in 1970 and living in Peterborough. In 1980, she divorced. In 1989, she gained an MA in creative writing from Lancaster University. She stayed at the Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation. She was caretaker of the Friends Meeting House in Gloucester, and the Friends Meeting House in Settle, Yorkshire. Her work appeared in Stand, Thumbscrew, Areté Magazine, and Oxford Poetry. Nimmo won awards at the Cardiff, Bridport, South Manchester and Prema competitions. She was guest poet at the Aldeburgh Festival in November 1995, and won the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.
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• AnneKate Friedlander, Beloit Poetry Journal, Volume39, Number 3, Spring 1989] * * * * * *
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- 1.poetrybusiness.co.uk. The Poetry Business – Dorothy Nimmo.
- 2.dgdclynx.plus.com. DOROTHY NIMMO'S POEMS.
- 3.Nimmo, Dorothy. Path through the canefields. Stand. 39-40. 62. 1997. 978-0-9520827-2-9.
- 4.Thumbscrew Back Issues Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- 5.10 Winter-2002/ Spring-2003 Arete Magazine. www.aretemagazine.co.uk.
- 6.gnelson.demon.co.uk.
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