Myra Schneider

Myra Schneider (born 1936) is a British poet. She grew up in Scotland, London, and Sussex and read English at London University. She has worked for an educational publisher and as a teacher in a comprehensive school and a tutor to people with literacy problems, as well as working for many years with severely disabled adults. She lives in London with her husband, a retired computer consultant, and they have one son.

Career

After writing mainly fiction for some years, Myra Schneider had her first collection of poetry (''Fistful of Yellow Hope'', Littlewood Arc) published in 1984. In addition to many poems published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, 11 other poetry publications have appeared since then: ''Cat Therapy'' (1986), ''Cathedral of Birds'' (1988) and ''Crossing Point'' (1991), all from Littlewood Arc; ''Opening the Ice'' (1990, Smith Doorstep) with Ann Dancy; ''Exits'' (1991), ''The Panic Bird'' (1998), ''Insisting on Yellow'' (2000), ''Multiplying the Moon'' (2004); ''Circling the Core'' (2008),; and ''The Door to Colour'' (2014), all from Enitharmon; ''Becoming'' (2007), ''What Women Want'' (2012) and ''Persephone in Finsbury Park'' (2016) from Second Light Publications; and ''Lifting the Sky'' from Ward Wood Publications (2018) . A large number of poems have been published by Les Murray in the Australian cultural magazine ''Quadrant''. The poem "Goulash" from ''Circling the Core'' was shortlisted for a Forward prize for best single poem, and three poem sequences won first prizes in ''Scintilla'' long poem competitions. Her work has also been broadcast.

In addition, Myra Schneider has written ''Writing My Way Through Cancer'',Poetry Society. Resources for Poetry and Healthcare.
/ref> a fleshed out journal with poem notes, poems and therapeutic writing ideas (Jessica Kingsley, 2003), and, with John Killick, ''Writing for Self-Discovery'' (Element Books, 1998) and ''Writing Your Self'' (Continuum, 2010). She also writes essays and reviews for literary magazines, and has co-edited anthologies of poetry by contemporary women poets, most recently ''Images of Women'' (Arrowhead, 2006). She is consultant to the Second Light Network of Women Poets, and she runs poetry workshops and courses and is a tutor for the Poetry School.

Bibliography

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References

External links

'Becoming Something Deeper', an interview

Poetry School

Myra Schneider at www.poetrypf.co.uk

Myra Schneider at www.secondlightlive.co.uk

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1936 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of London
British women poets
Quadrant (magazine) people