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Jenni Daiches


Born
Chicago, The United States
Genre
Poetry, Fiction


Jenni Daiches is the name under which literary historian Jenni Calder writes novels and poetry.

She was born in the USA, educated in the US and England, and has lived and worked in Scotland since 1971. She worked at the National Museum of Scotland in various capacities from 1978 to 2001. Both before and since she has worked as a freelance writer and lecturer. ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 291 ratings · 57 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
Somewhere Else
3.70 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions
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Borrowed Time
3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016
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Black Middens
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4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013
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Forgive
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Letters From the Great Wall
it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Mediterranean
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995
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Smoke
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Come Here: Scottish Poets R...
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Northwords, Issue 2
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