Ursula Askham Fanthorpe (London, July 22, 1929 - Wotton-under-Edge, April 28, 2009) was an English poet.
Fanthorpe grew up in Kent, went to an internat in Surrey and visited St Anne's College of Oxford University, where she obtained a master's degree in English language and literature. After sixteen years, she left English at Cheltenham Ladies' College, but left this job to work as a secretary, receptionist and administrator at a neurological hospital in Bristol. She followed a training for mental health counselor (psychological counselor). Through these experiences, she decided to close down in 1974. Her first bundle, Side Effects, was published in 1979. She was "writer-in-residence" at the University of Lancaster (1983-85) and at the universities of Durham and Newcastle. From 1989, she dedicated herself to the poetry.
In 1994 she became the first woman in 315 years who became professor of poetry in Oxford. In 1987, Fanthorpe became a freelancer and gave poetry lectures at home and abroad. She received several important awards for her work, such as the appointment of Commander in the Order of the British Empire.
Many of her poems are for two voices. In her lectures, this second voice was interpreted by the teacher R.V. "Rosie" Bailey, for many years her housewife.
Her nine poems were published by Peterloo Poets. Publications
Among others
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