Jenny Boult

Jenny Boult

Jenny Boult (1951 – 1 November 2005) was an Australian poet, playwright, and editor.

Biography

Born in Warwickshire, England, Boult came to Australia in 1966. ["Australian Poets and Their Works", by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996] . She lived initially in Sydney and in Melbourne, before moving in 1977 to Adelaide with her son, Dan. In 1994 she moved to Tasmania with her partner Tim Smith. ["Poetica", ABC Radio Australia, 18 November 2006. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2006/1781824.htm ] Jenny Boult died after a long battle with throat cancer.

Works

* "The Hotel Anonymous" (1980)
* "Handbaggery" (1982)
* "The White Rose and the Bath" (1984)
* "Flight 39" (1986)
* "Ravo" (2003)

References


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