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==Writings==
==Writings==
E. J. Scovell published three volumes of poetry: ''Shadows of Chrysanthemums'' (1944), ''The Midsummer Meadow'' (1946), and ''The River Steamer'' (1956). Later her ''Selected Poems'' and ''Collected Poems'' were published by [[Carcanet Press]]. Her poem "Child Waking" was included in the ''Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse'' (Harmondsworth, UK, 1950 and later editions). Her poem 'Deaths of Flowers' is included, with reflective comment, in Janet Morley's collection 'The Heart's Time' [SPCK 2011].
E. J. Scovell published three volumes of poetry: ''Shadows of Chrysanthemums'' (1944), ''The Midsummer Meadow'' (1946), and ''The River Steamer'' (1956). Later her ''Selected Poems'' and ''Collected Poems'' were published by [[Carcanet Press]]. Her poem "Child Waking" was included in the ''Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse'' (Harmondsworth, UK, 1950 and later editions). Her poem "Deaths of Flowers" is included, with reflective comment, in Janet Morley's collection ''The Heart's Time'' [SPCK 2011].


She also translated work by the late 19th-century Italian poet [[Giovanni Pascoli]].
She also translated work by the late 19th-century Italian poet [[Giovanni Pascoli]].

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Edith Joy Scovell (1907–1999) was an English poet and translator.

Life

Edith Joy Scovell was born in Sheffield. She studied in Westmorland and at Somerville College, Oxford. She married the ecologist Charles Sutherland Elton in 1937.

Writings

E. J. Scovell published three volumes of poetry: Shadows of Chrysanthemums (1944), The Midsummer Meadow (1946), and The River Steamer (1956). Later her Selected Poems and Collected Poems were published by Carcanet Press. Her poem "Child Waking" was included in the Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (Harmondsworth, UK, 1950 and later editions). Her poem "Deaths of Flowers" is included, with reflective comment, in Janet Morley's collection The Heart's Time [SPCK 2011].

She also translated work by the late 19th-century Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli.

Works

  • Shadows of Chysanthemums (1944)
  • The Midsummer Meadow (1946)
  • The River Steamer (1956)