Fleur adcock biography

New Zealand poet (–)

Fleur AdcockCNZM OBE (10 February – 10 October ) was a New Zealand poet and editor. Of English and Northern Irish ancestry, Adcock lived much of her life in England.^[1][2] She is well-represented in New Zealand poetry anthologies, was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature from Victoria University of Wellington, and was awarded an OBE in for her contribution to New Zealand literature.^[3] In she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to literature.^[4]

Early life

Adcock, the older of two sisters, was born in Papakura to Cyril John Adcock and Irene Robinson Adcock on 10 February ^[5] Her birth name was Kareen Fleur Adcock, but she was known as Fleur and legally changed her name to Fleur Adcock in She spent eight years of her childhood (–) in England.^[2][6]

Adcock studied Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a