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Olive Fraser
Olive Fraser | |
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| Born | 20 January 1909 Aberdeen |
| Died | 9 December 1977 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. 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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) - ^ Fraser, Olive (1989). Shire, Helena Mennie (ed.). The Wrong Music: The poems of Olive Fraser, 1909-1977.