Dorothy Nimmo (1932 in Manchester – 24 May 2001) was an English poet, winner of the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.
[1] Educated in York and Cambridge, Nimmo worked as an actress in London before spending the 1960s in Geneva, returning to England in 1970 and living in Peterborough.
[2] Her work appeared in Stand,[3] Thumbscrew,[4] Areté Magazine,[5] and Oxford Poetry.
[6] Nimmo won awards at the Cardiff, Bridport, South Manchester and Prema competitions.
She was guest poet at the Aldeburgh Festival in November 1995, and won the Cholmondeley Award in 1996.