Mary Gilmore

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Mary Gilmore (1927)

Dame Mary Gilmore , DBE (born August 16, 1865 in Goulburn , New South Wales , † December 3, 1962 in Sydney ) was an Australian writer.

Life

Mary Gilmore was born Mary Jean Cameron to Donald Cameron and his wife Mary Ann. Because her family moved frequently, she was trained at various schools. She started working as a teacher. Around 1890 she met Henry Lawson , who was influenced by her in his literary work. In 1896 she emigrated to the Cosme colony in Paraguay . There she met William Alexander Gilmore (1866-1945), whom she married on May 25, 1897. Their only son, William Dysart Cameron Gilmore (1898–1945) was born on August 21, 1898. In 1899 the Gilmores abandoned the colony plans and returned to Australia after a stay in London, where they stayed with Henry Lawson. In 1908, Mary Gilmore began working with the Australian Worker newspaper . She became editor of the Women's Page ; she held this position for 23 years until February 11, 1931. Between 1932 and 1954 she published several well-known volumes of poetry and was committed to many social and economic reforms. From 1952 to mid-1962 she wrote the Arrows column for the communist newspaper Tribune . After her death, she received a state funeral.

Awards and honors

On February 1, 1937, she was named Dame Commander , the second highest rank of the Order of the British Empire .

Since 1985 the Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASA) has presented the Mary Gilmore Award for the first volume of poetry by an author.

Gilmore's portrait and excerpts from her texts have been featured on the Australian 10 dollar bill since 1993 .

Lady Mary Gilmore

Literary work

Her socially engaged poetry was influenced by William Baylebridge and is characterized by warmth and humanity.

Works (selection)

  • Marri'd, and other Verses (1910)
  • The passionate heart (1918)
  • The tilted cart (1925)
  • The wild swan (1930)
  • The rue tree (1931)
  • Old days, old ways: a book of recollections (1934)
  • More recollections (1935)
  • Battlefields (1939)
  • Fourteen Men (1954)

literature

  • WH Wilde: Gilmore, Dame Mary Jean (1865-1962) , in: Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp. 14ff, online

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f W. H. Wilde: Gilmore, Dame Mary Jean (1865 - 1962) , in: Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp. 14ff, online
  2. ↑ Short biography on the pages of the Australian Government, Department of Education et al.
  3. ↑ It's an honor
  4. ↑ List of the award winners ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / asaliterature.com
  5. ↑ Description on the pages of the Reserve Bank of Australia ( Memento of July 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Gilmore, Mary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH near Goulburn , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1962
Place of death Sydney