Connie Bensley
British poet (born 1929)
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Life and career
Bensley was born in south-west London in 1929.[1] Her poetry was first published in literary journals in the late 1970s, and her first collection, Progress Report, was published in 1981.[1] Her poetry has been included in anthologies such as the Faber Book of Twentieth-Century Women's Poetry (1987) edited by Fleur Adcock. She has also written several radio and television plays.[1] The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English describes her writing as characterised by "an incisive clarity and appealing wit".[1]
Selected works
- Progress Report (Peterloo Poets, 1981)[1]
- Moving In (Peterloo Poets, 1984)[1]
- Central Reservations: New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 1990)[1]
- Choosing to Be a Swan (Bloodaxe Books, 1994)[1]
- The Back & the Front of It (Bloodaxe Books, 2000)[2]
- Private Pleasures (Bloodaxe Books, 2007)[2]
- Finding a Leg to Stand On: New & Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, 2012)[2]
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