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Harwood, Gwen
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- Foster, Gwendoline Nessie, 1920-1995
- Foster, Gwen
- Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie Foster
- Lehmann, Walter
- Stone, Miriam
- Geyer, Francis
- Kline, T.F.
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1920-1995
History
Gwen Harwood is one of Australia's best-known poets. She was born in Brisbane in 1920 and lived there until her marriage in 1945, when she moved to Hobart, Tasmania. Harwood's poetry and critical writing appeared regularly in Australian literary journals from the 1960s. She published eight books of poetry. In 1989 she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to literature. She wrote under the names of Francis Geyer, Walter Lehmann, Miriam Stone and T.F. Kline. She died in 1995.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 15-May-2020
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Sources
Alison Hoddinott, 'Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie (Gwen) (1920–1995)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed online 15 May 2020.