Carol Rumens obituary (opens in new tab)

Poet, poetry editor and writer of the Guardian’s long-running Poem of the Week columnCarol Rumens, who has died aged 81 after suffering from a brain tumour, was an inventive, discursive and cosmopolitan poet as well as a generous champion of poetry in her long-running weekly Guardian column. A recipient of the Cholmondeley award in 1984 and twice shortlisted for the Forward prize for best single poem, she also worked across several other genres with much success, publishing a novel, plays, tr...