Frances Horovitz

Frances Horovitz
Born	(1938-02-13)13 February 1938 London, England
Died	2 October 1983(1983-10-02) (aged 45)
Occupation	poet, broadcaster
Spouse	Michael Horovitz Roger Garfitt
Children	Adam Horovitz

Frances Horovitz (13 February 1938 – 2 October 1983) was an English poet and broadcaster.

Biography

Frances Horovitz was born in London. She was educated at Bristol University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. As a reader and presenter for the BBC, she acquired a reputation for care of preparation and quality of delivery. Her poetry has been described as "not that of the ‘age’ but of the earth" by Anne Stevenson and, according to Peter Levi, "her poetry does seem to me to approach greatness". Influenced by Haiku, her poems give voice to her perceptions of the natural world, history and human relationships.

Horovitz was married to Michael Horovitz and Roger Garfitt, both poets. Her only child Adam Horovitz (born 1971) is also a poet. She died from cancer of the ear at the age of 45.

Publications

• Poems (St. Albert’s, 1967)
• Dream: A Poem (Sceptre, 1969)
• The High Tower (New Departures, 1970)
• Letter to Be Sent by Air (Sceptre, 1974)
• Elegy (Sceptre, 1976)
• Water Over Stone (Enitharmon, 1980)
• Wall (a collaboration (L.Y.C.) 1981)
• Rowlstone Haiku (with Roger Garfitt, Five Seasons, 1982); the poems are reprinted in Oswald Jones, Winterreise: An Exhibition of Landscape Photographs (Canterbury, 1982)
• Snow Light, Water Light (Bloodaxe, 1983)
• Collected Poems (Bloodaxe/Enitharmon 1984, edited by Roger Garfitt; 2nd edition, 2011, includes CD-ROM of readings by, and an interview with, Frances Horovitz)

Publications about Frances Horovitz

• Horovitz, Michael (ed. 1984), A Celebration of and for Frances Horovitz (1938–1983) (New Departures; 2nd edn, 1984, issued as New Departures, vol. 16)
• Sewell, Brocard (ed. 1987), Frances Horovitz—Poet: A Symposium (Aylesford Press)