biography
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Redgrove, Peter (William)
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| lived:
| (1932– )
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| biography:
| Poet and writer, born in Kingston, Surrey, SE England, UK. He was educated at Taunton School and at Cambridge, where he became a friend of Ted Hughes and a founder member of an association of poets, the Group. A gifted and imaginative poet, his books include The Moon Disposes: Poems 1954–87 (1987). He has produced numerous novels, plays, and non-fiction works, including a pioneering work with his second wife, Penelope Shuttle (1947– ): The Wise Wound: Menstruation and Every Woman (1978). Awards include the Guardian Fiction prize (1973), the Prix Italia (1982), and the Cholmondely Award (1985). In 1996 he was awarded the Queen's Medal for Poetry. |
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