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Anne Ridler | |
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Born | Anne Barbara Bradby 30 July 1912 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 15 October 2001 (aged 88) |
Education | Downe House School, King's College, London |
Occupation(s) | Poet, playwright/dramatist, and editor |
Spouse | Vivian Ridler |
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Anne Barbara Ridler OBE (née Bradby) (30 July 1912 – 15 October 2001) was a British poet and Faber and Faber editor, selecting the Faber A Little Book of Modern Verse with T. S. Eliot (1941). Her Collected Poems (Carcanet Press) were published in 1994. She turned to libretto work and verse plays; it was later in life that she earned official recognition, receiving an OBE in 2001.[1]