Mary Vivian Kernick (
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Short biography
Born in Warwickshire, Mary Vivian Kernick had Cornish ancestry. Kernick wrote poetry and was the administrative assistant to John Grant, the managing editor of The Times.
Full biography
She was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham and was a pupil of Anne Treneer, the Cornish author and schoolteacher. When her parents moved to St Ives, Cornwall, she travelled with them, supporting herself with a PR job which enabled her to work on her poetry.
Her first book of poems, Whipping Hearts Like Gigs was published in 1954. During her work at The Times, she did not write or publish poetry. After her retirement, however, she published Circles and Curves (2010).
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Date of birth
30 November 1927
Date of death
05 March 2015
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