Frances Horovitz was an English

England

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 poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

 and broadcaster

Presenter

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Biography

Frances Horovitz was born in London

London

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. She was educated at Bristol University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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 in London. As a reader and presenter for the BBC

BBC

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, she acquired a reputation for care of preparation and quality of delivery. Her poetry has been described as "not that of the ‘age’ but of the earth" by Anne Stevenson

Anne Stevenson

Anne Stevenson is an American-British poet and writer.-Life:Stevenson's parents Louise Destler Stevenson and C.L. Stevenson met at a Cincinnati High School. They were living in Cambridge, England, where Charles was studying philosophy under I. A. Richards and Wittgenstein, when their first...

 and, according to Peter Levi

Peter Levi

Peter Chad Tigar Levi, FSA, FRSL, , Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford was a poet, archaeologist, sometime Jesuit priest, travel writer, biographer, academic and prolific reviewer and critic.-Early life and education:Levi was born in Ruislip, Middlesex of parents with Mediterranean...

, "her poetry does seem to me to approach greatness". Influenced by Haiku

Haiku

' , plural haiku, is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterised by three qualities:* The essence of haiku is "cutting"...

, her poems give voice to her perceptions of the natural world, history and human relationships.

Horovitz was married to Michael Horovitz

Michael Horovitz

Michael Horovitz is an English poet, artist and translator.-Life and career:Michael Horovitz was the youngest of ten children who were brought to England from Nazi Germany by their parents, both of whom were part of a network of European-rabbinical families...

 and Roger Garfitt, both poets. Her only child Adam Horovitz

Adam Horovitz (poet)

Adam Horovitz is the son of poets Michael Horovitz and Frances Horovitz. Born in London in 1971, he moved with his parents to Stroud, Gloucestershire the same year. He has been active as a poet since the 1990s but has been writing since childhood. He released his first pamphlet, Next Year in...

(b. 1971) is also a poet. She died at the age of 45.

Publications

• Poems (St. Albert’s, 1967)
• Dream: A Poem (Sceptre, 1969)
• The High Tower (New Departures, 1970)
• Letter to Be Sent by Air (Sceptre, 1974)
• Elegy (Sceptre, 1976)
• Water Over Stone (Enitharmon, 1980)
• Wall (a collaboration (L.Y.C.) 1981)
• Rowlstone Haiku (with Roger Garfitt, Five Seasons, 1982)
• Snow Light, Water Light (Bloodaxe, 1983)
• Collected Poems (Bloodaxe/Enitharmon 1984, edited by Roger Garfitt)