Elizabeth 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. July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Jennings was born in Lincolnshire, but her family moved to Oxford when she was six. There she later attended St Anne's College. After graduation, she became a librarian. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... St Annes College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is an information professional trained in library science and information science: the organization and management of information and service to people with information needs. ...

She is not generally regarded as an innovator. Her work displays a simplicity of metre and rhyme shared with Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Thom Gunn, all members of the group of English poets known as The Movement. She always made it clear that, whilst her life, which included a spell of severe mental illness, contributed to the themes contained within her work, she did not write explicitly autobiographical poetry. Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Thom Gunn (August 29, 1929 - April 25, 2004) was a British poet. ... The Movement was a term coined by J. D. Scott, literary editor of the Spectator, in 1954 to describe a group of writers including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, Donald Alfred Davie, D.J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings and Robert Conquest. ... A mental illness or mental disorder refers to one of many mental health conditions characterized by distress, impaired cognitive functioning, atypical behavior, emotional dysregulation, and/or maladaptive behavior. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ...

She is buried in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. The grave of J. R. R. and Edith Tolkien Wolvercote Cemetery is in the north Oxford suburb of Wolvercote off the Banbury Road. ...

Works

Her works include An Anthology of Modern Verse 1940–1960 (1961), and a revised and updated collection, Collected Poems 1953–1985, (1986) that won the 1987 WH Smith Literary Award. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WH Smith Literary Award is an award founded in 1959 by British high street retailer WH Smith. ...

• Poems (1953)
• A Way of Looking (1955)
• A Sense of the World (1958)
• Song For a Birth or a Death (1961)
• Recoveries (1964)
• The Mind has Mountains (1966)
• Collected Poems 1967 (1967)
• The Animals' Arrival (1969)
• Lucidities (1970)
• Relationships (1972)
• Growing Points (1975)
• Consequently I Rejoice (1977)
• After the Ark (1978)
• Moments of Grace (1980)
• Celebrations and Elegies (1982)
• Extending the Territory (1985)
• Collected Poems (1953-1985) (1986)