Elizabeth Bartlett (1924–2008) was a British
poet.
Life
She grew up in
Deal, Kent
Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, north-east of Dover and south of Ramsgate. It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town whose history is closely linked to the anchora ...
. She won a grammar school scholarship. At nineteen, she married
Denis Perkins. She was stepmother to his two sons, Benedick and Adrian, and they had a son, Alex. She lived in
Burgess Hill
Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester. It ...
,
West Sussex, for 60 years.
She worked for 16 years in the health service.
Awards
* 1996
Cholmondeley Award
References
External links
"Elizabeth Bartlett Reading", ''Poetry Archive''
1924 births
2008 deaths
British women poets
People from Deal, Kent
People from Burgess Hill
20th-century British poets
20th-century British women writers
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