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{{Infobox poet|name=Olive Fraser|birth_date=20 January 1909|birth_place=Aberdeen|death_date=9 December 1977|death_place=Aberdeen|nationality=Scottish|alma_mater=University of Aberdeen}}
'''Olive Fraser''' (20 January 1909- 9 December 1977) was a Scottish poet born in Aberdeen. Both her parents emigrated to Australia within a year of her birth, leaving Olive living with her great aunt in Nairn. She won the Calder Prize for English verse while studying English at the University of Aberdeen, and the Chancellor's Medal for English Verse at University of Cambridge in 1935, but did not complete her studies at Cambridge for health reasons<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|last=|first=|first2=|first3=Sian|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2006|isbn=0748617132|editor-last=Ewan|editor-first=Elizabeth|location=Edinburgh, United Kingdom|pages=129-130|editor-last2=Innes|editor-first2=Sue|editor-last3=Reynolds|editor-last4=Pipes|editor-first4=Rose}}</ref>. Most of her works were published posthumously.
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