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Jenny Joseph was born on 7 May, 1932 in Birmingham, England, is a poet. Discover Jenny Joseph's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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| Occupation | Poet |
| Age | 86 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | 7 May, 1932 |
| Birthday | 7 May |
| Birthplace | Birmingham, England |
| Date of death | (2018-01-08) |
| Died Place | N/A |
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Jenny Joseph Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Jenny Joseph's Husband?
Her husband is Charles Anthony (Tony) Coles (m. 1961)
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| Parents | Not Available |
| Husband | Charles Anthony (Tony) Coles (m. 1961) |
| Sibling | Not Available |
| Children | 3 |
Jenny Joseph Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Jenny Joseph worth at the age of 86 years old? Jenny Joseph’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. She is from . We have estimated Jenny Joseph's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
| Salary in 2022 | Under Review |
| House | Not Available |
| Cars | Not Available |
| Source of Income | poet |
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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published an entry for Jenny Joseph in March 2022.
In 2021 the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford announced that the one millionth image from their collections to be digitised by the Digital Bodleian project was Joseph's first draft of "Warning".
Due to its popularity, an illustrated gift edition of "Warning", first published by Souvenir Press Ltd in 1997, has now been reprinted 41 times. "Warning" was included in the anthology Tools of the Trade: Poems for new doctors (Scottish Poetry Library, 2014) and a copy was given to all graduating doctors in Scotland in 2014.
"Warning" was identified as the UK's "most popular post-war poem" in a 1996 poll by the BBC.
The poem became well known in America after Liz Carpenter, (formerly the first woman executive assistant to Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Press Secretary to former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson), wrote an article for the Reader's Digest in the early 1980s, about enjoying life having recovered from an illness, closing the article with "Warning". The poem was adopted by the greeting-card industry, led by graphic designer and calligrapher Elizabeth Lucas. Joseph ascribed the popularity of the poem "to her business acumen and energy I owe a hospitable following in California and later throughout northern America, more social, as I said, than literary.
Joseph's best known poem, "Warning", was written in 1961 when she was 28. First published in The Listener in 1962, "Warning" was later included in her 1974 collection Rose In the Afternoon, in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, and in her Selected Poems (1992).
In 1961 Joseph married Charles Coles. The couple had three children, Martin, Nell and Bec and ran the Greyhound, a west London pub, whilst Joseph continued writing. They eventually divorced and Joseph retired to Gloucestershire. Her dedication of The Thinking Heart (1978) was “To my children, preventers of literature, life-savers”.
Her first book of poems, The Unlooked-for Season, won a Gregory Award in 1960 and she won a Cholmondeley Award for her second collection, Rose in the Afternoon, in 1974.
She attended Badminton school in Bristol. She won a scholarship to study English literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford (1950).
Her poems were first published when she was at university in the early 1950s. She became a journalist and worked for the Bedfordshire Times, the Oxford Mail and Drum Publications (Johannesburg, South Africa).
Jenny Joseph FRSL (7 May 1932 – 15 April 2018) was an English poet, best known for the poem "Warning".
Jennifer Ruth Joseph was born on 7 May 1932 in South Hill, Carpenter Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham to Florence (née Cotton) and Louis Joseph, an antiques dealer. The family were non-observant Jews. Her father's career led to the family relocating to Buckinghamshire, and Joseph was evacuated to Devon early during the Second World War. She later credited this experience with her fascination with the changing light.
