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Elizabeth Jennings' Death

Born (Birthday) July 18, 1926

Death Date October 26, 2001

Age of Death 75 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Poet

The poet Elizabeth Jennings died at the age of 75. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

British traditionalist poet known for her technical mastery of lyric poetry. Her award-winning poetic works include A Way of Looking and Collected Poems 1953–1985.

She graduated from St. Anne’s College, Oxford, where she studied to be a librarian.

She was a devout Catholic, and her faith greatly influenced her literary work.

She was born in Lincolnshire and grew up in Oxford, England.

She cited W.H. Auden as one of her major literary influences.

Quotes

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For me, poetry is always a search for order.

Elizabeth Jennings
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I hate a word like ‘pets’: it sounds so much Like something with no living of its own.

Elizabeth Jennings