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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, North Yorkshire|Settle]], [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="plus">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/poetry/poets/nimmo1.html |publisher=dgdclynx.plus.com|title=DOROTHY NIMMO'S POEMS|accessdate=August 19, 2016}}</ref>
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, North Yorkshire|Settle]], [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="plus">{{cite web|url=http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/poetry/poets/nimmo1.html |publisher=dgdclynx.plus.com|title=DOROTHY NIMMO'S POEMS|accessdate=August 19, 2016}}</ref>


Her work appeared in ''Stand'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nimmo |first= Dorothy|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1997|month= |title= Path through the canefields|journal= Stand |isbn=978-0-9520827-2-9|volume=39-40 |issue= |pages=62 |id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PLyZAAAAIAAJ&q=Dorothy+Nimmo&dq=Dorothy+Nimmo |accessdate=July 23, 2009 |quote= }}</ref> ''Thumbscrew'',<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/thumbscrew/thum_old.html Thumbscrew Back Issues] Retrieved July 23, 0229.</ref> ''Areté Magazine'',<ref>http://www.aretemagazine.com/t_search.jsp?id=5</ref> and ''Oxford Poetry''.<ref name="demon">{{cite web|url=http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/in.html|publisher=gnelson.demon.co.uk|title=gnelson.demon.co.uk|accessdate=August 19, 2016}}</ref>
Her work appeared in ''Stand'',<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nimmo |first= Dorothy|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1997|month= |title= Path through the canefields|journal= Stand |isbn=978-0-9520827-2-9|volume=39-40 |issue= |pages=62 |id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PLyZAAAAIAAJ&q=Dorothy+Nimmo&dq=Dorothy+Nimmo |accessdate=July 23, 2009 |quote= }}</ref> ''Thumbscrew'',<ref>[http://www.bris.ac.uk/thumbscrew/thum_old.html Thumbscrew Back Issues] {{wayback|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/thumbscrew/thum_old.html |date=20110607222023 }} Retrieved July 23, 0229.</ref> ''Areté Magazine'',<ref>http://www.aretemagazine.com/t_search.jsp?id=5{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and ''Oxford Poetry''.<ref name="demon">{{cite web|url=http://www.gnelson.demon.co.uk/oxpoetry/index/in.html|publisher=gnelson.demon.co.uk|title=gnelson.demon.co.uk|accessdate=August 19, 2016}}</ref>


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.
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.
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/poetry/poets/nimmo1.html "Dorothy Nimmo's poems"]
* [http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com/poetry/poets/nimmo1.html "Dorothy Nimmo's poems"]
* [http://thatspoetry.wordpress.com/dorothy-nimmo/ "Dorothy Nimmo", ''That is Poetry'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090315003510/http://thatspoetry.wordpress.com:80/dorothy-nimmo/ "Dorothy Nimmo", ''That is Poetry'']


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Revision as of 00:25, 16 December 2016

Dorothy Nimmo (1932 in 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 978-0-948727-03-0.
  • Dorothy Nimmo. (1993). Kill the Black Parrot. Littlewood Arc. ISBN 978-0-946407-73-6.
  • Dorothy Nimmo. (1993). A Testimony to the Grace of God in the Life of James Nayler 1618-1660. Sessions Book Trust. ISBN 978-1-85072-129-1.
  • Dorothy Nimmo. (1995). The Underhill Experience. Smith/Doorstop. ISBN 978-1-869961-67-1.
  • Dorothy Nimmo. (1998). The Children's Game. Smith/Doorstop. ISBN 978-1-869961-86-2.
  • Dorothy Nimmo. (2000). The Wigbox: New & Selected Poems. Smith/Doorstop Books. ISBN 978-1-902382-24-1.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Poetry Business – Dorothy Nimmo". poetrybusiness.co.uk. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "DOROTHY NIMMO'S POEMS". dgdclynx.plus.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Nimmo, Dorothy (1997). "Path through the canefields". Stand. 39–40: 62. ISBN 978-0-9520827-2-9. Retrieved July 23, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Thumbscrew Back Issues Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 23, 0229.
  5. ^ http://www.aretemagazine.com/t_search.jsp?id=5[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "gnelson.demon.co.uk". gnelson.demon.co.uk. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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