Dorothy Nimmo

Dorothy Nimmo (1932, Manchester - 24 May 2001) was a British poet, winner of the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.^[1]

Life

Educated in York and Cambridge, Nimmo worked as an actress in London before spending the 1960s in Geneva, returning to England in 1970 and living in Peterborough. In 1980, she divorced. In 1989, she gained an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University.^[1]

She stayed at the Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation. She was caretaker of the Friends Meeting House in Gloucester, and the Friends Meeting House in Settle, Yorkshire.^[2]

Her work appeared in Stand,^[3] Thumbscrew,^[4] Areté Magazine,^[5] and Oxford Poetry.^[6]

Nimmo won awards at the Cardiff, Bridport, South Manchester and Prema competitions. She was guest poet at the Aldeburgh Festival in November 1995, and won the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.

Works

• "For AnneKate Friedlander", Beloit Poetry Journal, Volume39, Number 3, Spring 1989

• Dorothy Nimmo. (1987). Homewards. Giant Steps. ISBN 9780948727030. 
• Dorothy Nimmo. (1993). Kill the Black Parrot. Littlewood Arc. ISBN 9780946407736. 
• Dorothy Nimmo. (1993). A Testimony to the Grace of God in the Life of James Nayler 1618-1660. Sessions Book Trust. ISBN 9781850721291. 
• Dorothy Nimmo. (1995). The Underhill Experience. Smith/Doorstop. ISBN 9781869961671. 
• Dorothy Nimmo. (1998). The Children's Game. Smith/Doorstop. ISBN 9781869961862. 
• Dorothy Nimmo. (2000). The Wigbox: New & Selected Poems. Smith/Doorstop Books. ISBN 9781902382241. 

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Dorothy Nimmo
2. ^ Dorothy Nimmo's Poems
3. ^ Nimmo, Dorothy (1997). "Path through the canefields". Stand 39-40: 62. ISBN 9780952082729. http://books.google.com/?id=PLyZAAAAIAAJ&q=Dorothy+Nimmo&dq=Dorothy+Nimmo. Retrieved July 23, 2009. 
4. ^ Thumbscrew Back Issues Retrieved July 23 0229
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ [2]

External links

• "Dorothy Nimmo's poems"
• "Dorothy Nimmo", That is Poetry

Persondata
Name	Nimmo, Dorothy
Alternative names
Short description	English poet
Date of birth	1932
Place of birth	Manchester
Date of death	24 May 2001
Place of death