Jenny Joseph
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Jenny Joseph (born 7 May 1932) is one of the UK's foremost living poets.
She was born in Birmingham, and studied English literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, before becoming a journalist. She has worked for the Bedfordshire Times, the Oxford Mail and Drum Publications (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Her first collection of poetry was published in 1960. The poem entitled Warning is her most popular work, and the inspiration for the Red Hat Society.
In 1995, she was awarded a travelling scholarship by the Society of Authors. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
See also: List of British Jews
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