Patricia Beer

Patricia Beer

Patricia Beer
Dry-point by George Adamson RE
Born 4 November 1919
Exmouth, Devon
Died 15 August 1999 (aged 79)
Upottery, Devon, England
Alma mater University of Exeter; University of Oxford
Occupation Poet and critic
Spouse(s) P.N. Furbank; then Damien Parsons

Patricia Beer (4 November 1919 – 15 August 1999) was an English poet and critic.[1]

She was born in Exmouth, Devon into a family of Plymouth Brethren. She moved away from her religious background as a young adult, becoming a teacher and academic. She began to write poetry after World War II, while living in Italy; she is most often classified as a 'New Romantic' poet comparable to John Heath-Stubbs. On her own account, however, there is a discontinuity in her work. Devon is a major presence.[2]

She was married twice; first to the writer P.N. Furbank, and then to Damien Parsons, an architect, settling in Upottery, near Honiton, England. From the later 1960s she wrote full-time. She edited several significant anthologies, broadcast, and contributed to literary reviews.

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References

  1. ↑ Powell, Neil (1999-08-26). "Obituary: Patricia Beer". The Independent. London, UK: Independent News & Media plc. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  2. ↑ "Patricia Beer - 1924 - 1999". The Poetry Archive. Gloucestershire, UK. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
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