Nan McDonald (poet)

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Nan McDonald
Born Nancy May McDonald
(1921-12-25)25 December 1921
Eastwood, New South Wales
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Mount Ousley, New South Wales, Australia
Language English
Nationality Australian
Education BA, University of Sydney
Notable works Pacific Sea
Notable awards Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
Years active 1944-1969

Nan McDonald (25 December 1921–7 January 1974) was an Australian poet and editor.

Biography

Born in Eastwood, New South Wales, McDonald went to Hornsby Girls' High School (1934–38), and studied at the University of Sydney (B.A., 1943).[1] She worked as an editor for Angus and Robertson, where she specialized in Australian literature, with colleagues such as Alec Bolton, Beatrice Davis and Douglas Stewart. In 1953 she edited the annual Anthology of Australian Poetry.[2] McDonald died of cancer on 7 January 1974.

Works

  • Pacific Sea (1947)
  • The Lonely Fire, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1954
  • The Lighthouse and Other Poems, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1959
  • Selected Poems: Nan McDonald, Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1969
  • Burn to Billabong: Macdonald Clansfolk in Australia 1788-1988, Sydney, Portofino Design Group, 1988
  • For Prisoners: An Unpublished Poem, Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1995

References

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  2. Australian Poets and their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996.


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