Florence Randal Livesay

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Florence Randal Livesay (born Florence Hamilton Randal ; * 1874 in Compton , Québec , † July 28, 1953 in Grimsby , Ontario ) was a Canadian writer, journalist and translator.

Randal worked as an educator and teacher after the death of her father in 1888, and published poems and short stories in Massey's Magazine . In the 1890s she became the company page editor for the Ottawa Evening Journal . In 1902 she went to South Africa to teach in concentration camps for Boers . From there she sent reports to the Journal fortnightly and wrote a report of her experiences for the Winnipeg Telegram . She also published literary texts in Saturday Night magazine .

After returning to Canada, she took over the women's page of Telegram in 1906 . She later became an employee of the Winnipeg Free Press , for which she wrote primarily on issues relating to the women's movement and equality. In 1908 she married the journalist and later co-founder of the Canadian Press , John Frederick Bligh Lindsay . With him she had three children, including Dorothy Livesay , who became known as a poet. After the death of her husband, Randal moved to Toronto and later to Grimsby.

Randal's short stories and poems have been published in various Canadian and foreign literary magazines (including Outlook , Dial and Poetry ). In 1916, the Songs of Ukrainia , which she translated from Ukrainian and Ruthenian, appeared . The volume of poetry Shepherd's Purse followed in 1923, and the novel Savor of Salt in 1927 . In 1947 she published her husband's unfinished autobiography The Making of a Canadian: JFB Livesay . She only completed a rough version of the historical novel The Moon and the Morning Star .

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SURNAME Livesay, Florence Randal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Randal, Florence Hamilton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian writer, translator and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Compton , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1953
Place of death Grimsby , Ontario