Brown, Audrey Alexandra (1904–1998)
Brown, Audrey Alexandra (1904–1998)
Canadian poet. Born Audrey Alexandra Fonds Brown, Oct 29, 1904, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada; died 1998; dau. of Joseph Miller Brown and Rosa Elizabeth Brown.
With only 4 years of formal schooling, worked as a freelance writer for newspapers; influenced by Romantic poetry, her collections include A Dryad in Nanaimo (1931), The Tree of Resurrection and Other Poems (1937), Challenge to Time and Death (1943), V-E Day (1946), and All Fool's Day (1948); also wrote an address to Canadian Authors' Association, Poetry and Life (1944). Received Memorial Gold Medal of Canadian Women's Press Club (1936); named Officer of the Order of Canada (1967).
See also memoir, The Log of a Lame Duck (1938).
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