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'''Olive Fraser'''
'''Olive Fraser'''
{{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}}
{{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 was a 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.
Olive Fraser was a 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>{{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>.


=== Notable works ===
=== Notable works ===
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* ''The Solitaires''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/olive-fraser|title=Olive Fraser|last=|first=|date=|website=Scottish Poetry Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=29 Sept 2017}}</ref>
* ''The Solitaires''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/olive-fraser|title=Olive Fraser|last=|first=|date=|website=Scottish Poetry Library|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=29 Sept 2017}}</ref>


* ''The Wrong Music (collection of Fraser's works, published posthumously, edited by Helena Mennie Shire)''<ref>{{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>''<br> ''
* ''The Wrong Music (collection of Fraser's works, published posthumously, edited by Helena Mennie Shire)''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Wrong Music: The poems of Olive Fraser, 1909-1977|last=Fraser|first=Olive|publisher=|year=1989|isbn=|editor-last=Shire|editor-first=Helena Mennie|location=|pages=}}</ref>''<br> ''


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 14:42, 29 September 2017

Olive Fraser

Olive Fraser
Born20 January 1909
Aberdeen
Died9 December 1977
Aberdeen
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen

Olive Fraser was a 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[1].

Notable works

  • Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January
  • The Adder of Quinag
  • The Solitaires[2]
  • The Wrong Music (collection of Fraser's works, published posthumously, edited by Helena Mennie Shire)[3]

References

  1. ^ Ewan, Elizabeth; Innes, Sue; Reynolds; Pipes, Rose, eds. (2006). The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 129–130. ISBN 0748617132.
  2. ^ "Olive Fraser". Scottish Poetry Library. Retrieved 29 Sept 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Fraser, Olive (1989). Shire, Helena Mennie (ed.). The Wrong Music: The poems of Olive Fraser, 1909-1977.