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Nan McDonald
BornNancy May McDonald
(1921-12-25)25 December 1921
Eastwood, New South Wales
Died7 January 1974(1974-01-07) (aged 52)
Mount Ousley, New South Wales, Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationBA, University of Sydney
Years active1944-1969
Notable worksPacific Sea
Notable awardsGrace Leven Prize for Poetry

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  • For Prisoners: An Unpublished Poem, Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1995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

  1. ^ Roe, J. I. (2000). "McDonald, Nancy May (Nan) (1921 - 1974)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  2. ^ Australian Poets and their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996.