SMITH, STEVIE - Harold's Leap

London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. First Edition. Original cloth. Slight foxing & soiling to a few pgaes & text block edges. Spine, covers & corners somewhat worn. ; With illustrations by the author. Slight foxing & soiling to a few pgaes & text block edges. Spine, covers & corners somewhat worn. ; 21 x 15 x 1.3 cms; 84 pages; Stevie Smith (1902–1971) , born Florence Margaret Smith in Hull, Yorkshire, was an English poet and novelist celebrated for her distinctive blend of whimsy and melancholy. After her father abandoned the family, she moved at age three with her mother and sister to Palmers Green, a suburb in North London, where she lived for the rest of her life. Following her mother's death during her teenage years, Smith and her sister were raised by their aunt, Madge Spear, affectionately known as "The Lion Aunt". Smith worked as a secretary at Newnes Publishing Company for over three decades. Her literary career began with the semi-autobiographical novel Novel on Yellow Paper (1936) , followed by her first poetry collection, A Good Time Was Had By All (1937). Her poetry often juxtaposed light, nursery rhyme-like rhythms with themes of death, faith, and existential angst. Her most renowned poem, "Not Waving but Drowning," exemplifies this contrast. In the 1960s, Smith gained popularity through public readings and BBC broadcasts, earning her the Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 1966 and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1969. She passed away from a brain tumour on 7 March 1971.. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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