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  1. She died in a care home in Bampton, Oxfordshire, at the age of 75. She is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. [7] Her life and career were reviewed in 2018 by Dana Gioia, who said: "Despite her worldly failures, her artistic career was a steady course of achievement.

  2. Jul 14, 2024 · Died: October 26, 2001, Bampton, Oxfordshire (aged 75) Notable Works: “Black-Eyed Susan”. Elizabeth Jennings (born July 18, 1926, Boston, Lincolnshire, England—died October 26, 2001, Bampton, Oxfordshire) was an English poet whose works relate intensely personal matters in a plainspoken, traditional, and objective style.

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  3. JENNINGS, Elizabeth (Joan) 1926-2001. PERSONAL: Born July 18, 1926, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died, October 26, 2001; daughter of Henry Cecil Jennings (a physician). Education: St. Anne's College, Oxford, M.A. (with honors). Religion: Roman Catholic.

  4. Elizabeth Jennings died in October of 2001, soon after receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Durham University. She is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford. Influence from other Poets. Elizabeth Jennings was notably influenced by writers such as W.H. Auden, Robert Graves, Edwin Muir, and the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. FAQs

  5. Jennings died at a care home in Bampton, Oxon. For an excellent overview see, Neil Powell, ‘Jennings, Elizabeth Joan (1926–2001)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , online edn, Oxford University Press, Jan. 2005 - Article

  6. 1926 - 2001/English Elizabeth Joan Jennings (July 18, 1926 – October 26, 2001) was an English poet, noted for her clarity of style and simplicity of literary approach. Her Roman Catholicism coloured much of her work.

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  8. Elizabeth Jennings was an English poet whose work, though published primarily in the mid-to-late twentieth century, continues to find new readers drawn to her explorations of faith, nature, and the interior life. Her understated and precise style favored clarity and directness over elaborate or obscure metaphors.