Catherine Amy Dawson Scott
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Catherine Amy Dawson Scott (* August 1865 in Dulwich; † November 4, 1934) was an English writer, playwright, poet and cofounder of the P.E.N. in 1921.
[edit] Works
- Charades for home acting. (1888)
- Sappho. A poem (1889)
- Madcap Jane or Youth. T Nelson & Sons (1890)
- Idylls of Womanhood. Poems. (1892)
- The Story of Anna Beames (1907)
- The Burden. (1908)
- Nooks & Corners of Cornwall. (1911)
- Alice Bland, and The Golden Ball. Two one act plays (1912)
- Tom, Cousin Mary, and Red Riding Hood. Three one act plays (1912)
- Beyond. Poems. (1912)
- Wastralls. W. Heinemann (1918)
- The Headland. Heinemann (1920)
- The rolling stone. A.A. Knopf (1920)
- The Haunting (1921). New edition: Tabb House (March 1985), ISBN 0907018386
- Bitter herbs. Poems. A.A. Knopf (1923)
- The turn of a day. H. Holt (1925)
- The vampire. A book of Cornish and other stories. R. Holden & co., ltd (1925)
- Blown by the Wind (1926)
- as Editor with Ernest Rhys: Twenty-seven Humorous Tales (1926)
- with Ernest Rhys: 26 Adventure Stories, old and new. (1929)
- as Editor with Ernest Rhys: Mainly Horses. Tales by various authors. (1929)
- The Seal Princess. George Philip & Son Ltd (1930)
- as Editor: The Guide to Psychic Knowledge (1932)
- The House In The Hollow Or Tender Love. Benn (1933)
[edit] References
- Marjorie Watts: P.E.N. The early years, 1921-1926. Archive Press Ltd, 1971
- Marjorie Watts: Mrs Sappho: The Life of C.A. Dawson Scott, Mother of International P.E.N.. Duckwort 1987, ISBN 0715621831
- Yopie Prins: Victorian Sappho. Princeton University Press 1999, ISBN 0691059195 (restricted online version (Google Books))