E. J. Scovell

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EJS is a poet whose work spans a long period. Writing during the 1930s, she published from the forties through to the nineties, always against the grain or fashion of the time. She has also translated poems from Italian. She published only six books (plus one booklet) of poetry. She has received very little critical attention, though she ranks high with anthologists and with her fellow-poets.
Black and white photograph of E. J. Scovell, shown from the shoulders up. She is wearing a collared corduroy jacket with buttons up the front, and her curly hair is brushed back from a centre parting. Her head is resting on her hand. She looks thoughtful.

Milestones

9 April 1907

EJS was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, one of a family of eight children.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1956

EJS published her third volume of poetry, entitled The River Steamer, and Other Poems, containing what is probably her best-known single piece, The Swan's Feet. Anne Ridler helped her to achieve this publication.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

19 October 1999

EJS died at the age of ninety-two at St Luke's Home in Oxford, the same place where her husband had died eight years before.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Charles Sutherland Elton

Biography

Birth and Background

9 April 1907

EJS was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, one of a family of eight children.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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