U. A. Fanthorpe | |
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Born | Ursula Askham Fanthorpe 22 July 1929 London, England |
Died | 28 April 2009 Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | (aged 79)
Pen name | U. A. Fanthorpe |
Occupation | Poet |
Citizenship | British |
Education | St Anne's College, Oxford |
Period | 1978 | –2008
Genre | Poetry |
Notable works | Side Effects Collected Poems From Me To You: Love Poems |
Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry |
Partner | R. V. "Rosie" Bailey (1965–2009; Fanthorpe's death) |
Ursula Askham Fanthorpe CBE FRSL (22 July 1929 – 28 April 2009) was an English poet, who published as U. A. Fanthorpe. Her poetry comments mainly on social issues.