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==Biography==
Born in London in April 1936, she studied at [[St Hilda's College, Oxford|St Hilda's College]] of the [[University of Oxford]] and [[Bedford College, London]]. In 1959, her poetry attracted the attention of the editors of [[John O'London's Weekly]] and the following year her first collection of verse, ''Outlines'', was privately produced and received favourable reviews, selling out within six months.<ref name=Portents>Rich, Vera. "Portents and Images". London, 1963 [blurb].</ref>
Her translations of the works of [[Taras Shevchenko]], commissioned for the century of his death (1961), received excellent reviews, both in the West and in the Soviet Ukraine. For this work, Rich was awarded an Honorary Diploma in Shevchenko Studies by the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences.<ref name=Portents />
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