Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid
Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid | |
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Born | Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid 14/11/1902 South Shields, Tyneside, England [1] |
Died | August 1984 Acomb, Northumberland, England |
Pen name | Dorfy |
Occupation | Author, journalist |
Nationality | English |
Ethnicity | English |
Education | St. Johns' Higher Grade School, South Shields |
Period | wrote for Shields Gazette from before the War until about 1970 |
Genre | family stories and her own take on the general news |
Subject | Geordie Dialect |
Literary movement | Shields, Irthington, Shields, Allendale, Hexham. |
Notable works | Basinful o' Geordie: Tyneside Readings (1970) Between Ye an' Me (1969) |
Dorothy Samuelson-Sandvid (1902-1984), known as Dorfy, was a noted dialect author and journalist[2] who specialised in the Geordie dialect.
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Early life
Born Dorothy Pilbin in 1902 to a Quaker family in George Scott Street, South Shields, England[1] influenced by her childhood, she went on to write works concerned with the Geordie dialect.[3] Educated at St. Johns' Higher Grade School, South Shields. As there was no work for her father the family moved from Shields to Irthington, then back to Shields before 1938, then to Allendale in 1946, and then Hexham in 1959.
Career
Dorfy had her own column for many years in the South Shields Gazette revolving around her early twentieth century South Shields upbringing; spoken in the Geordie dialect.[1] In her later years she retired to Hexham.[2]
Bibliography
- Basinful o' Geordie (1988)[3]
- Between Ye an' Me (1969)
- I Remember (1976); A book detailing reminiscences from 1910 - 1914.[4]
- Mair Geordie Taalks[5]
- Watt cheor? (197?)
- HOWAY HINNIES! Another Collection of Dialect Stories and Poems (195?)[6]
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