Anne Ridler

Anne Barbara Ridler (nee Bradby) (July 30 1912- October 15 2001) was a British poet, and Faber and Faber editor, selecting the Faber A Little Book of Modern Verse with T. S. Eliot (1941). Her Collected Poems (Carcanet Press) were published in 1994. She turned to libretto work and verse plays; it was later in life that she received some recognition, with an OBE in 2000.

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July 30 - 1912 - October 15 - 2001 - Poet - Faber and Faber - T. S. Eliot - Carcanet Press - Libretto - Verse play - OBE

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She married the printer Vivian Ridler in 1938; they had four children. She was on the edge of the Inklings group, being a friend and correspondent of C. S. Lewis, editor of Charles Williams: The Image of the City and other Essays (1958) and Charles Williams: Selected Writings (1961), and a Christian.

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Vivian Ridler - Inklings - C. S. Lewis

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