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BXB/1/1/BEN
Title
Connie Bensley
Date(s)
- 1990 - 2012 (Creation)
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3 boxes, 1 oversized item
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(1929-)
Biographical history
Connie Bensley was born in south-west London, and has always lived there, apart from wartime evacuation. Until her retirement she worked as a secretary to doctors and to an M.P. and as a medical copywriter. Her latest book from Bloodaxe is Finding a Leg to Stand On: New & Selected Poems (2012), which presents new work with poems drawn from six previous collections: Progress Report and Moving In, originally published by Peterloo Poets, and four later books published by Bloodaxe: Central Reservations (1990), Choosing To Be a Swan (1994), The Back & the Front of It (2000) and Private Pleasures (2007).
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Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of Connie Bensley.
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- Bensley, Connie, 1929 - , poet (Subject)