Bio of poet Denise Levertov from an old anthology

This is the brief note for Denise Levertov from the anthology New British Poets published in the United States some time shortly after WW II. I think it is fascinating, particularly that last job in the list. Odd indeed. Also interesting is the first one on the list, "land girl." Land girls harvested crops during the war. In the book, Levertov's poems stand out, as do those of W.R. Rodgers, W.S. Graham and Keith Douglas. For me, anyway. Although I haven't finished reading the thing so I probably shouldn't say that.

Denise Levertov was born in 1923. Her father is a Russian Jew who became an Anglican theologian; her mother is Welsh. She studied Russian ballet from the age of twelve to sixteen. During the War she served four years as a hospital nurse, and she has worked in various odd jobs such as land girl, charwoman, children's nurse and companion to an alcoholic. She has published one book of verse, The Double Image. She recently married an American G.I. and hopes to come to the States.

The stained and tattered anthology.