David Chaloner (18 October 1944 – 10 May 2010) was an English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival, and a prominent British designer.

Life

Chaloner was born in Mottram St Andrew in Cheshire. He attended Broken Cross community school in Macclesfield, left at 15, and had a successful career as a designer beginning in 1960. He ran his own design business and later worked as retail design director with the

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(1995–2004), becoming interior and retail design director of Conran and Partners (2004–2006). He ran the design firm Chaloner Huisman of Amsterdam with Jane Huisman. He was a British Council design ambassador and a judge for the British Design Week awards. His early poetry appeared in anthologies and magazines including

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and the 1960s classic

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anthology Children of Albion, edited by Michael Horovitz. His later more ambitious work was published by leading independent presses in England and America, including

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's Ferry Press and Rosmarie and

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's Burning Deck. A substantial selection was included in ''A Various Art'' (Carcanet, 1987) and more recently in ''Vanishing Points'' (Salt, 2004). He edited and published ''One'', a magazine of new writing (1971–81). His ''Collected Poems'' was published in 2005 and there is a published interview with Andrew Duncan in ''Don't Start Me Talking''.Tim Allen and Andrew Duncan, ''Don't Start Me Talking: Interviews with Contemporary Poets'', Cambridge, UK: Salt, 2006, 54-89. He was married to Mary in 1968 and their daughter is Lucy Chaloner.

Bibliography

*''dark pages / slow turns / brief salves'', London: Ferry, 1969 *''Year of Meteors'', Gillingham, UK: Arc, 1972 *''Chocolate Sauce'', London: Ferry, 1973 *''Projections'', Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1977 *''Today Backwards'', London: Many, 1977 *''Fading into Brilliance'', London: Oasis, 1978 *''Hotel Zingo'', Wirksworth, UK: Grosseteste, 1981 *''Trans'', Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Galloping Dog, 1989 *''The Edge'', Cambridge, UK: Equipage, 1993 *''Art for Others'', Cambridge: Equipage, 1998 *''Delight's Wreckage'', Kentisbeare, UK: Shearsman and London: Oasis, 2001 *''Collected Poems'', Cambridge: Salt, 2005

References

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