Helen Dunmore
Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 Dec 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. She won the National Poetry Competition award. Dunmore was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of Dunmore's chi
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Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 Dec 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. She won the National Poetry Competition award. 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 March 2017, she published her last novel, Birdcage Walk, as well as an article about mortality for The Guardian written after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her final poetry collection Inside the Wave, published in April 2017 shortly before her death, posthumously won the Poetry and overall Book of the Year awards in the 2017 Costa Book Awards.
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