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Dowson, Jane; Entwistle, Alice (2005). A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry. Cambridge University Press. p.xx. ISBN 978-0-521-81946-6. Helen Dunmore Cardiff International Poetry Prize. Take a Look at Our Summary of November Highlights, Whether You're Looking for the Latest Releases or Gift Inspiration News And Publicity | Bloodaxe Books". www.bloodaxebooks.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017 . Retrieved 5 June 2017. To many historians, the First World War and its sacrifice of millions of young men as cannon-fodder sent to the slaughter like lambs, is a timeless shame and scandal. The broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has said it couldn’t happen today. The use of social media and instant images of the colossal carnage would deter any of our young men from volunteering for the Front. Helen Dunmore 1952–2017". The Poetry Society. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 3 January 2018.

a b Cain, Sian (2 January 2018). "Helen Dunmore wins posthumous Costa award for collection Inside the Wave". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018 . Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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Showalter, Elaine (27 September 2003). "Dreams of a dead daughter". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2017. . Retrieved 5 June 2017. Helen Dunmore: facing mortality and what we leave behind". The Guardian. 4 March 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017 . Retrieved 5 June 2017. Her early encounter with ballads, hymns and fairy tales can be heard in the music of her poems, particularly in their skilful use of repetition. This consistent characteristic can impart an incantatory quality. Elsewhere, ballad and folklore haunt narratives recast in the light of female experience, such as ‘The butcher’s daughter’ and ‘I owned a woman once’. These qualities make for beguiling listening; even when the subject matter is at its darkest, Dunmore’s unadorned reading style provides a clear medium through which the rhythms of her poems shine. Woodman, Sue (1 July 1996). "Orange is a female color". The Nation. Washington D.C . Retrieved 12 December 2011. (subscription required)

verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Death of Novelist Helen Dunmore Announced". Foyles. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Helen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children’s author and poet who will be remembered for the depth and breadth of her fiction. Rich and intricate, yet narrated with a deceptive simplicity that made all of her work accessible and heartfelt, her writing stood out for the fluidity and lyricism of her prose, and her extraordinary ability to capture the presence of the past. Dystopian Fiction Books Everyone Should Read: Explore The Darker Side of Possible Worlds and Alternative Futures Sutton High School Magazine, 1965 and 1967. (Poems published in 1965 and 1967, and prize awarded for History and English listed in 1967 magazine.) She attended Sutton High School, London [4] and Nottingham Girls' High School, then direct grant grammar schools.

Dunmore was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1952, the second of four children of Betty ( née Smith) and Maurice Dunmore.The Man Booker Prize 2010". 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 5 June 2017. McCrum, Robert (10 June 2001). "The Siege is a novel for now". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014 . Retrieved 7 June 2009. Cain, Sian (30 January 2018). "Helen Dunmore wins Costa book of the year for Inside the Wave". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 June 2021. Shortlist announced". Walter Scott Prize. 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015 . Retrieved 24 March 2015. Cain, Sian (5 June 2017). "Poet and author Helen Dunmore dies aged 64". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 June 2017 . Retrieved 5 June 2017.

Dunmore prefaces the book with a quote from Kipling: ‘If any question why we died, tell them, because our fathers lied.’ I loved this haunting, elegiac book. The story of Danny’s attempt to remain sane after World War One is deeply believable. In this centenary anniversary of the war’s beginning, we now know so much about the horrors faced by these tragically young soldiers. The Great War poets, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, and Rudyard Kipling, have chronicled the terrible experiences of those boys. Helen Dunmore – Literature". British Council Literature. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018 . Retrieved 6 June 2017. a b "Costa Poetry Award 2017" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 2 January 2018. Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017 [1]) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. [2]

Her best known works include the novels Zennor in Darkness, A Spell of Winter and The Siege, and her last book of poetry Inside the Wave. She won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, the National Poetry Competition, and posthumously the Costa Book Award. [3] Biography [ edit ] a b c d Kellaway, Kate (5 June 2017). "Helen Dunmore obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017 . Retrieved 9 June 2017. She studied English at the University of York, and lived in Finland for two years (1973–75) and worked as a teacher. She lived after that in Bristol. [5] [1] Dunmore was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of Dunmore's children's books are included in reading schemes for use in schools. Dunmore's husband Frank Charnley, whom she married in 1980, is a lawyer. [12] Dunmore had a son, daughter and stepson, and three grandchildren at the time of her death. [1] Awards and honours [ edit ]