Heather Buck

Heather Buck
Born Heather Entwistle
1926
Kent, England
Died 2004
Nationality British
Genre Poetry
Spouse Hadley Buck

Heather Buck (1926–2004), born Heather Entwistle, was an English poet.

Life

She was born in 1926 in Kent, England.[1] In 1952, she married Hadley Buck and they had two children.[1] During her life, she had many careers, including cartographer for the War Department in London from 1942–45; town planner for Ministry of Town and Country Planning in London from 1945–47, in the Essex County Planning Department in Chelmsford from 1947–49, and for the London City Council from 1949-52.[1] She started writing poetry in 1966, after she participated in Jungian analysis.[1][2] She died in 2004.[2]

Influences

Buck identified her major influences as T.S. Eliot, followed by Wallace Stevens and Rainer Rilke.[1]

Works

Poetry

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Contemporary Women Poets. Gale. 1998.
  2. 1 2 "Heather Buck - Anvil Press Poetry - Poetry in English and translation - Poetry Publisher - London". www.anvilpresspoetry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.


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