Jenny Joseph

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Jenny Joseph (born 7 May 1932) is an English poet.

She was born in Birmingham, and studied English literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, before becoming a journalist. She has worked for the Bedfordshire Times, the Oxford Mail and Drum Publications (Johannesburg, South Africa).

Her first collection of poetry was published in 1960. 'Warning', a witty poem about growing old, was the inspiration for the Red Hat Society[1]. A BBC poll found it to be the most popular 20th Century poem.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, she was awarded a travelling scholarship by the Society of Authors. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.