Fleur Adcock

Born a New Zealander, but an Englishwoman by adoption, FA is a later twentieth-century poet. She has also done notable work as a translator, anthologist, and critic, but whereas many poets of her generation have given a major part of their attention to novels or children's writing, she has focussed on her poetry above all else.

Milestones

10 February 1934

Kareen Fleur Adcock was born at Papakura (near Auckland), New Zealand, the elder of two sisters.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

27 April 2000

FA published with Bloodaxe her substantial, definitive Poems: 1960-2000 (which, however, was by no means her last publication).
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Biography

Birth and Background

10 February 1934

Kareen Fleur Adcock was born at Papakura (near Auckland), New Zealand, the elder of two sisters.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.