Penelope Shuttle

Penelope Shuttle (born 12 May 1947) is a British poet.

Life
Born in Staines, Middlesex, Shuttle left school at 17. She wrote her first novel at the age of 20. She has lived in Falmouth, Cornwall since 1970. She married the poet Peter Redgrove (1932 – 2003) and they have a daughter, Zoe. They wrote the prose books The Wise Wound and its sequel, Alchemy for Women.

Shuttle is a founder member of the Falmouth Poetry Group, founded in 1972.

Awards

 * 1974 Eric Gregory Award
 * 2007 Cholmondeley Award
 * Selected Poems (OUP, 1998) Poetry Book Society Recommendation.