Margaret Scott (author)

Margaret Scott

Margaret Scott (20 June 1934 – 29 August 2005) was an Australian author, poet, comedian, educator and public intellectual.

Background

Margaret, her first husband, playwright Michael Boddy (1934-2014), and her first son, Daniel, migrated to Tasmania from the United Kingdom in 1959. Two more children, Kate and Marcus, were born in Tasmania. From 1979, she lived with legal scholar Michael Scott and had her final child, Sarah, as well as becoming the step mother to Jane, Christian and Katharine Scott. In 1978, Margaret received her PhD from the University of Tasmania, and was head of the English department at the university until 1989. She worked at the university for over 25 years, but left to devote herself full-time to her writing career. Her publications include four books of poetry, two novels, a libretto and numerous articles. She became well known in Australia in the 1990s as a regular guest on the television show Good News Week. She was also known for her activism on environmental issues and human rights.

In 1995, a portrait of Margaret Scott by painter Geoffrey Dyer was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The prize is awarded for a painting, "preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics."[1]

In 2005, she was selected for the inaugural Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women and received the Australia Council Writers Emeritus Award. She died of emphysema.

Bibliography

Margaret Scott publications available at the State Library of Tasmania include:

Margaret Scott's poetry has been featured in a number of anthologies including:

Recorded programs:

Notes

  1. "Archibald.prize 07". Art Gallery NSW. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-19.

External links

The Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women 2005 (http://www.women.tas.gov.au/honour_roll/entries/scott.html)

ABC Interview - Dr Margaret Scott Profile

Examiner Newspaper - Centenary of Federation Interview

The Write Stuff website

State Library of Tasmania (TALIS catalogue for works by Margaret)

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