Selima Hill

SH , a poet of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, has been described as a risk-taker, and her poetry as seriously comical. She deals with sexuality, erotic love, and disturbed mental states, all from a female point of view. Her poetry volumes are often comprised of very short poems in a sequence spoken by a single voice. Her imagery, in fifteen successive volumes by 2014, is surreal and sometimes whimsical.

Milestones

13 October 1945

Selima Wood (later SH ) was born in Hampstead, to parents who were both artists.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.

June 1984

SH published her first poetry collection, Saying Hello at the Station, through Chatto , whose poetry editor, Andrew Motion , had himself approached her to ask for a volume.
Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
(1988)
Taylor, Debbie. “Interview with Selima Hill”. Mslexia, Vol.
6
, pp. 39-40.
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Biography

Birth and Family

13 October 1945

Selima Wood (later SH ) was born in Hampstead, to parents who were both artists.
British Council Film and Literature Department, in association with Book Trust. Contemporary Writers in the UK. http://www.contemporarywriters.com.

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