Stevie Smith (1902-1971) was the author of three novels and nine poetry volumes and lived almost her whole life in northern London. She was officially recognized with the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1966 and the Queen's Gold Medal for poetry in 1969. Will May is author of Stevie Smith and Authorship (Oxford University Press, 2010)
"A rare bird, a Maltese falcon. A more individual talent than Stevie Smith's you don't get." -- Clive James - The New Yorker "There is variety and inventiveness, much humor and understanding and a constant poignancy. Her gift was to create a peculiar emotional weather between the words, a sense of pity for what is infringed and unfulfilled. Death, waste, loneliness, cruelty, the maimed, the stupid, the innocent, the trusting-her concerns were central ones, her compassion genuine and her vision almost tragic." -- Seamus Heaney "I am a desperate Stevie Smith addict." -- Sylvia Plath "My senses sharpen at the words of Stevie Smith." -- Morrissey
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