Name Helen Dunmore Role Poet | ||
Born 12 December 1952 (age 72) ( 1952-12-12 ) Awards Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Nominations Nestle Smarties Book Prize Books Ingo, The Siege, The Lie, The Crossing of Ingo, The Betrayal | ||
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Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist and children's writer.
Contents
- Helen dunmore quotes
- Lbf 2014 helen dunmore in conversation with jane shilling
- Biography
- Personal life
- Awards and honours
- References
Lbf 2014 helen dunmore in conversation with jane shilling
Biography
Dunmore was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, in 1952, the second of four children of Betty (née Smith) and Maurice Dunmore. She studied English at York University, and lived in Finland for two years (1973–75) and worked as a teacher. She lived after that in Bristol. Dunmore was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of Dunmore's children's books are included in reading schemes for use in schools.
In 2017, she published her last book, Birdcage Walk, before writing an article about mortality for The Guardian after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her death was announced on 5 June 2017.
Personal life
Her husband Frank Charnley, whom she married in 1980, is a lawyer. Dunmore had a son, daughter and stepson, and three grandchildren at the time of her death.