Margaret Hendrie
Margaret Hendrie (* 1935 as Margaret Griffith ; † 1990 in Nauru ) was the lyricist of the Nauru national anthem Nauru Bwiema ( German "Nauru, our homeland" ), which was then set to music by Laurence Henry Hicks and on January 31, 1968 for the independence of the republic Nauru was premiered.
literature
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass: Women's Art of the British Empire. Rowman & Littlefield, London 2019, ISBN 978-1-5381-2689-9 , p. 57 ( online ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Central Band at Nauru independence. ( Memento from May 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hendrie, Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffith, Margaret (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nauruan author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1990 |
| Place of death | Nauru |