Kim Taplin (1943–2024) was an English poet and non-fiction writer. She studied English at

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. Her death was announced on 10 April 2024. She was 80.

Work

Taplin published several collections of poetry, and non-fiction works. ''The English Path'' was noted in the

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's "Best books" in 1984, and ''Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology'' was reviewed in ''

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'' in 1990. Her 1993 work ''Three Women in a Boat'' retraces the journey of

Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1889). Other works include the essay collections '' Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'' (1886) an ...

's ''

Three Men in a Boat ''Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)'',The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: ''Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog!'' published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a tw ...

''. She wrote several articles for '' Resurgence'' magazine. Her poem "Trying for truth" was included in a 1991 collection ''Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas''.

Publications

* ''The English Path'' (1979,

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; 2nd ed 1999,Perry Green Press, ) * ''Muniments'' (1987, Jackson's Arm, ) * ''Tongues in Trees: Studies in literature and ecology'' (1989, Green Books, ) *''By the Harbour Wall'' (1990,

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, ) *''Three Women in a Boat'' (1993, Impact Books, ) *''Journeywork : writing from the Whitehill workshops'' (editor; 1997, ) *''For People with Bodies'' (1997, Flarestack, ) *''From Parched Creek'' (2001, Redbeck, ) * ''Snow Buntings at Barton Point'' (2006, Sixties Press, ) * ''Walking aloud : rambles in the Cherwell Valley '' (2008, Wychwood Press, ) *''Days off in Oxfordshire'' (2011, Wychwood Press, )

References

1943 births 2024 deaths English women poets Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford {{England-poet-stub