Fiona Pitt-Kethley

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Fiona Pitt-Kethley (born 21 November 1954) [1] is a British poet, novelist, travel writer and journalist, who is the author of more than 20 books of both poetry and prose. [2] She lived for many years in Hastings, East Sussex, and moved to Spain in 2002 with her husband James Plaskett and their son, Alexander. [3]

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Her collection of poetry Sky Ray Lolly was published in 1986. She has been described as a poet in "the new tradition of British sexiness in verse that Ewart helped to inaugurate". [4]

Pitt-Kethley has also worked as a freelance journalist and has written for The Daily Telegraph , The Independent , The Guardian , The Times , The Big Issue and others.

Bibliography

Poetry collections

Novels

Travel writing

Collected journalism

Autobiography

Anthologies as editor

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References

  1. "Pitt-Kethley, (Helen) Fiona", Encyclopedia.com.
  2. "Fiona Pitt-Kethley" at London Review of Books .
  3. "Fiona Pitt-Kethley papers". Penn State University Libraries. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. Delchamps, Stephen (2002). Civil humor : the poetry of Gavin Ewart. Madison NJ London Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Associated University Presses. p. 262. ISBN   9780838639337.