Edith Mary England
Edith Mary England (1 July 1899 – 9 August 1981) was an Australian novelist and poet who was born in Townsville, Queensland.
Edith Mary England
E. M. England by Bernice May in The Australian Woman's Mirror via National Library of Australia Trove · Public domain
- Name
- E.
- Birth Name
- Edith Mary England
- Born
- 1 July 1899
- Birthplace
- Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Died
- 9 August 1981
- Occupation
- poet and novelist
- Nationality
- Australia
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• Name — E. M. England • Birth Name — Edith Mary England • Born — 1 July 1899 • Birthplace — Townsville, Queensland, Australia • Died — 9 August 1981 • Occupation — poet and novelist • Language — English • Years Active — 1915-1970
Biography
Biography
England was born in Townsville, Queensland to John England and Jane Kelly England. She moved to Boonah in south-east Queensland at the age of six, and was later educated in Sydney and at Ipswich Grammar. She received a degree in music and taught for a while. In 1922, England married Schomberg Montagu Bertie and had two daughters, Caroline (1923) and Patricia (1926). Bertie, a World War I veteran, suffered from PTSD and died by suicide in 1937. The following year, England left Boonah. She was remarried in 1941 to Harry August Anders. E. M. England died on 9 August 1981.
Writing career
Writing career
Her first published poems appeared in the Australian Town and Country Journal in 1915 and her first poetry collection was published in 1927. She published eight novels during her lifetime with the first appearing as a serial in The Queenslander in 1928–29.
Novels
Novels
• Laughing Devlin (1929) • Hermit's Hill (1930) • The Sealed Temple (1933) • Strange Sequence (1948) • House of Bondage (1950) • Where the Turtles Dance (1950) • Ganaralean (1950) • Road Going North (1952)
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Edited
• Lost Kinship and Other Poems: A Memorial to Llewelyn Lucas (1968)
Short story collection
Short story collection
• Tornado and Other Stories (1945)
Poetry collections
Poetry collections
• The Happy Monarch and Other Verses (1927) • Queensland Days: Poems (1944) • Where the Old Road Ran; and Other Poems (1970)
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