Hilary Corke


Hilary Topham Corke was an English writer, composer and mineralogist.
Corke was born in Malvern, Worcestershire. He served in the Royal Artillery during World War II.
His poems appeared in Poetry Now and Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse. Together with Anthony Thwaite and William Plomer he edited New Poems 1961: A P.E.N Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. He died at Abinger Hammer, Surrey, aged 80.