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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.

Notable works

  • Benighted in the Foothills of the Cairngorms: January
  • The Adder of Quinag
  • The Solitaires[1]
  • The Wrong Music (collection of Fraser's works, published posthumously, edited by Helena Mennie Shire)[2]

References

  1. ^ "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)
  2. ^ 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.