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In March 2017, she published her last novel, Birdcage Walk, as well as an article about mortality for The Guardian written after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. [6] She died on 5 June 2017. [1] [7] [8] [9] Her final poetry collection Inside the Wave, published in April 2017 shortly before her death, posthumously won the Poetry and overall Book of the Year awards in the 2017 Costa Book Awards. [10] [11] Personal life [ edit ] Helen Dunmore, poet and novelist, dies aged 64". BBC News. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Macdonald, Marianne (21 September 2003). "A writer's life: Helen Dunmore". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017 . Retrieved 12 March 2017. Dunmore's husband Frank Charnley, whom she married in 1980, is a lawyer. [12] Dunmore had a son, daughter and stepson, and three grandchildren at the time of her death. [1] Awards and honours [ edit ]Cain, Sian (30 January 2018). "Helen Dunmore wins Costa book of the year for Inside the Wave". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 June 2021. Showalter, Elaine (27 September 2003). "Dreams of a dead daughter". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2017. . Retrieved 5 June 2017. Helen Dunmore: facing mortality and what we leave behind". The Guardian. 4 March 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 4 June 2017 . Retrieved 5 June 2017.

Her best known works include the novels Zennor in Darkness, A Spell of Winter and The Siege, and her last book of poetry Inside the Wave. She won the inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction, the National Poetry Competition, and posthumously the Costa Book Award. [3] Biography [ edit ] She studied English at the University of York, and lived in Finland for two years (1973–75) and worked as a teacher. She lived after that in Bristol. [5] [1] Dunmore was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL). Some of Dunmore's children's books are included in reading schemes for use in schools.Her early encounter with ballads, hymns and fairy tales can be heard in the music of her poems, particularly in their skilful use of repetition. This consistent characteristic can impart an incantatory quality. Elsewhere, ballad and folklore haunt narratives recast in the light of female experience, such as ‘The butcher’s daughter’ and ‘I owned a woman once’. These qualities make for beguiling listening; even when the subject matter is at its darkest, Dunmore’s unadorned reading style provides a clear medium through which the rhythms of her poems shine.

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a b c d Kellaway, Kate (5 June 2017). "Helen Dunmore obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017 . Retrieved 9 June 2017. Death of Novelist Helen Dunmore Announced". Foyles. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017.

Dowson, Jane; Entwistle, Alice (2005). A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry. Cambridge University Press. p.xx. ISBN 978-0-521-81946-6. Helen Dunmore Cardiff International Poetry Prize. Sutton High School Magazine, 1965 and 1967. (Poems published in 1965 and 1967, and prize awarded for History and English listed in 1967 magazine.) a b "Costa Poetry Award 2017" (PDF). Costa Book Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 2 January 2018. To many historians, the First World War and its sacrifice of millions of young men as cannon-fodder sent to the slaughter like lambs, is a timeless shame and scandal. The broadcaster Jeremy Paxman has said it couldn’t happen today. The use of social media and instant images of the colossal carnage would deter any of our young men from volunteering for the Front. Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017 [1]) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. [2]Helen Dunmore – Literature". British Council Literature. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018 . Retrieved 6 June 2017. Helen Dunmore 1952–2017". The Poetry Society. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018 . Retrieved 3 January 2018.