Kim Taplin (1943–2024) was an English poet and non-fiction writer. She studied English at Somerville College, University of Oxford.[1] Her death was announced on 10 April 2024. She was 80.[2]

Work

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Taplin published several collections of poetry, and non-fiction works. The English Path was noted in the British Council's "Best books" in 1984,[3] and Tongues in Trees: Studies in Literature and Ecology was reviewed in Poetry Review in 1990.[4] Her 1993 work Three Women in a Boat retraces the journey of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat. She wrote several articles for Resurgence magazine.[5]

Her poem "Trying for truth" was included in a 1991 collection Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas.[1]

Publications

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  • The English Path (1979, Boydell Press ISBN 0851151175; 2nd ed 1999,Perry Green Press, ISBN 978-1902481098)
  • Muniments (1987, Jackson's Arm, ISBN 094828207X )
  • Tongues in Trees: Studies in literature and ecology (1989, Green Books, ISBN 978-1870098229)
  • By the Harbour Wall (1990, Enitharmon Press, ISBN 1870612752)
  • Three Women in a Boat (1993, Impact Books, ISBN 1874687137)
  • Journeywork : writing from the Whitehill workshops (editor; 1997, ISBN 0953206203)
  • For People with Bodies (1997, Flarestack, ISBN 1900397064)
  • From Parched Creek (2001, Redbeck, ISBN 0946980837)
  • Snow Buntings at Barton Point (2006, Sixties Press, ISBN 0952999471)
  • Walking aloud : rambles in the Cherwell Valley (2008, Wychwood Press, ISBN 1902279336)
  • Days off in Oxfordshire (2011, Wychwood Press, ISBN 9781902279435)

References

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  1. ^ a b Harvey, Anne (1991). Elected friends: poems for and about Edward Thomas. Enitharmon Press. p. 133. ISBN 9781870612722. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Taplin, Phoebe (10 April 2024). "Kim Taplin obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Best books". British Book News: 389. 1984. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ Gascoyne, David (1990). "review". The Poetry Review. 80: 12–13. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Author profile: Kim Taplin". Resurgence and Ecologist. Retrieved 26 January 2016.