Hilary Topham Corke (12 July 1921 – 3 September 2001) was an English writer, composer and mineralogist.

Corke was born in Malvern, Worcestershire. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II.[1]

His poems appeared in Poetry Now (1956) and Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (1962 edition). Together with Anthony Thwaite and William Plomer he edited New Poems 1961: A P.E.N Anthology of Contemporary Poetry.[1] He died at Abinger Hammer, Surrey, aged 80.

References

External links

• Hilary Corke website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 December 2001), updated after his death

This article about an English writer, poet or playwright is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article about a poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e