Carol Rumens FRSL (born 10 December 1944) is a British poet.

Life

Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London. She won a scholarship to Manchester grammar school and later studied Philosophy at London University, but left before completing her degree. She gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Writing for the Stage (with Distinction) from City College Manchester in 2002. She taught at University of Kent at Canterbury (1983–85), Queen's University Belfast (1991–93 and 1995–98), University College Cork (1994), University of Stockholm (1999), and University of Hull. As visiting Professor of Creative Writing, she has taught at the University of Wales, Bangor, and later at the University of Hull. Rumens was Poetry Editor for the publisher Quarto (1982–84) and the literary Review (1984–88). Her work has appeared in The Guardian and Harper's. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984.

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Poetry

Novels

Editor

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Non-fiction