Fleur Adcock

Fleur Adcock

CNZM OBE
BornKareen Fleur Adcock
(1934-02-10)10 February 1934
Papakura, New Zealand
Died10 October 2024(2024-10-10) (aged 90)
London, England
OccupationPoet, editor
EducationVictoria University of Wellington
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(m. 1952; div. 1958)​
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(m. 1962; div. 1963)​
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Fleur Adcock CNZM OBE (10 February 1934 – 10 October 2024) was a New Zealand poet and editor. Of English and Northern Irish ancestry, Adcock lived much of her life in England.[1][2] She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature from Victoria University of Wellington, and was awarded an OBE in 1996 for her contribution to New Zealand literature.[3] In 2008 she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature.[4]

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  2. ^ "Adcock, Fleur – Postcolonial Studies". scholarblogs.emory.edu. 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ Neale, Emma (2006). "Adcock, Fleur". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195583489.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-1917-3519-6. OCLC 865265749. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2020.