Dulcie Deamer

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Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Dulcie Deamer (13 December 1890 - 16 August 1972) was an Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor. She was a founder and a committee member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.[citation needed]

She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

She was known as the "Queen of Bohemia" due to her involvement with Norman Lindsay's literary and artistic circle, the Bohemian world of King's Cross, Sydney, and vaudeville.[1]

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[edit] Works

[edit] Novels

  • The Suttee of Safa (New York, 1913)
  • Revelation (London, 1921)
  • The Street of the Gazelle (London, 1922)
  • The Devil's Saint (London, 1924)
  • Holiday (1940)

[edit] Plays

  • That by which Men Live (1936)
  • Victory (1938)

[edit] Poetry

  • Messalina (1932)
  • The Silver Branch (1948)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Adelaide (1988) p. 48

[edit] References

  • Adelaide, Debra (1988) Australian women writers: a bibliographic guide, London, Pandora

[edit] External links

Persondata
NAME Deamer, Dulcie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 13 December 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Australia
DATE OF DEATH 16 August 1972
PLACE OF DEATH Australia