title: Elizabeth Bartlett (British poet)
text: # Elizabeth Bartlett (British poet)
  
  Elizabeth Bartlett (1924–2008) was a British poet.
  
  ## Life
  
  She grew up in Deal, Kent. She won a grammar school scholarship. At nineteen, she married Denis Perkins. She was stepmother to his two sons, Benedick and Adrian, and they had a son, Alex. She lived in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, for 60 years.
  
  She worked for 16 years in the health service.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1996 Cholmondeley Award
  