Catherine Amy Dawson Scott

Catherine Amy Dawson Scott
Born	August , 1865(1865-08-00) Dulwich
Died	November 4, 1934 (aged 68–69)
Occupation	Writer, playwright, poet
Nationality	England
Literary movement	Co-founder of International PEN
Notable work(s)	The Haunting

Catherine Amy Dawson Scott (August 1865 – 4 November 1934) was an English writer, playwright and poet. She is best known as a co-founder (in 1921) of International PEN, a worldwide association of writers.

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)

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))

External links

History of PEN

Persondata
Name	Scott, Catherine Amy Dawson
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Date of birth	1865
Place of birth	Dulwich
Date of death	4 November 1934
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