Jenny Boult



Jenny Boult (8 October 1951—1 November 2005), also known as MML Bliss, was an Australian poet, playwright, and editor.

Life
Jenny Boult was born in Warwickshire, England in 1951 and migrated to Western Australia with her family in 1967. Jenny Boult's family consisted of her mother Florence Mary (Molly) Boult (maiden name Elliot), father Leslie Dean Boult, younger brother Jeremy Dean Boult Jr, and younger sister Christine Anne Boult. Jenny Boult attended Applecross Senior High School in Perth. She won a Commonwealth scholarship to the University of Western Australia. She lived for a time in Sydney and in Melbourne before returning to Perth with her infant son. She moved to Adelaide with Harry Bardwell and her son, Daniel in 1977.

Jenny was instrumental in setting up the Friendly St poets in Adelaide at the Box Factory and lived in McLaren St for many years before she move to Norwood.

In 1994 Jenny Boult moved to Tasmania with her long-time friend and partner Tim Smith, now deceased. She died in 2005 after a long battle with lung cancer.

Her nearest relative is her granddaughter Alice, who lives in Port Lincoln.

Recognition
Boult was joint winner of the 1981 Anne Elder Award for "the hotel anonymous", her first collection of poetry.

Publications

 * The Hotel Anonymous (1980)
 * Handbaggery (1982)
 * The White Rose and the Bath (1984)
 * 'I' is a versatile character (1986)
 * Flight 39 (1986)
 * Ravo (2003)