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| Born | Kathleen Shirley Dixon[1] 20 May 1924[1] Henley-on-Thames |
| Died | 23 September 2018 (aged 94)[1] |
Shirley Toulson (20 May 1924 – 23 September 2018) was a British writer, poet journalist and politician.[2]
Toulson studied at Birkbeck College, London University.[2]
As a poet she was a member of The Group, an informal group of poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her work was included in the group's 1963 anthology A Group Anthology.[1][2]
In 1962 she and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the Wandsworth London Borough Council.[1]
Books
- Shadows in an Orchard (1960)
- Circumcision's Not Such a Bad Thing After All (1970)[3]
- The Fault, Dear Brutus: A Zodiac of Sonnets (1972)
- East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks (1979)
- The Drovers (1980)
- The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1984. ISBN 0-575-03453-X. OCLC 11622237.[4]
- Celtic Journeys (1985)
- The Companion Guide to Devon (1996)
- The Country of Old Age: A Personal Adventure in Time (1998)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Shirley Toulson, poet and authority on Britain's ancient pathways – obituary". The Telegraph. 22 October 2018. ProQuest 2123990091.
- ^ a b c Sayers, Janet (16 October 2018). "Shirley Toulson obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ Stanford, Derek (14 August 1970). "Poet of sad honesty". Tribune. 34 (3): 11. ProQuest 1866594807.
- ^ Marsden-Smedley, Philip (1 September 1984). "Man and Mendip". The Spectator. 253 (8157): 26. ProQuest 1295793620.
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