Peggy Dunstan

Margaret Elizabeth Dunstan (née Baylis, 28 October 1920 – 7 January 2010), commonly known as Peggy Dunstan, was a New Zealand poet and writer.[1]

Peggy Dunstan
BornMargaret Elizabeth Baylis
(1920-10-28)28 October 1920
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died7 January 2010(2010-01-07) (aged 89)
Auckland, New Zealand
LanguageEnglish
EducationWellington East Girls' College

Biography

Dunstan was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 28 October 1920, and was educated at Wellington East Girls' College.[2][3] She began writing poetry when she was an adult, and her first poems were published in English and American magazines and in the New Zealand Listener. She initially sent her work to publishers under the name Patrick Duggan, as she thought editors would be more likely to select submissions written by a man.[2]

Dunstan set up writing workshops in her home to encourage other women poets, and invited more experienced and well-known poets to tutor the newer writers. She also worked with psychiatric patients, and helped them to produced poems of publishable standard.[2]

Her writing spanned a range of subject areas. Some deal with issues of life in urban and suburban areas, and others discuss the tension between domestic demands on her time and her aspirations as a writer.[1]

Dunstan was a member of the Penwomen's Club and in 1985 she co-edited Hyacinths and Biscuits, the club's diamond jubilee prose and verse anthology.[1]

Dunstan died in Auckland on 7 January 2010.[2][3]

Publications

Poetry
  • Patterns on glass: selected poems, Christchurch, N.Z., Pegasus Press, 1968[4]
  • A particular deep: selected poems, Christchurch, N.Z., Pegasus Press, 1974[5]
  • Sunflowers and sandcastles: a selection of poems for children, Wellington, N.Z., Millwood Press, 1977[6]
  • In and out the windows, Auckland, N.Z., Hodder and Stoughton, 1980[7]
  • Behind the stars: poems for children, Auckland, N.Z., Hodder and Stoughton, 1986[8]
  • Red Horse and the undersea rescue, Wellington, N.Z., Silver Owl Press, 1993[9]
  • I can do anything, Auckland, N.Z., Heinemann Education, 1995[10]

Memoirs
  • A Fistful of Summer, Christchurch, N.Z., Whitcoulls, 1981[11]
  • The Other Side of Summer, Auckland, N.Z., Hodder and Stoughton, 1983[12]
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References
  1. "| New Zealand Book Council". www.bookcouncil.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. Falconer, Phoebe (15 January 2010). "Poet drew on the ordinary to be extraordinary". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. "Death search: registration number 2010/776". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1968). "Patterns on glass : selected poems / Peggy Dunstan". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1974). "A particular deep : selected poems / Peggy Dunstan". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1977). "Sunflowers and sandcastles : a selection of poems for children / written by Peggy Dunstan ; illustrated by Mark Dunstan". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1980). "In and out the windows / Peggy Dunstan ; illustrated by Mark Dunstan". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1986). "Behind the stars : poems for children / Peggy Dunstan ; illustrated by Giulietta Stomann". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1993). "Red Horse and the undersea rescue / by Peggy Dunstan ; illustrated by Betty Brownlie". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  10. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1995). "I can do anything / by Peggy Dunstan ; illustrations by Jennifer Lautusi ; [created and designed by the Wendy Pye Team, New Zealand]". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  11. Dunstan, Peggy (1 January 1981). "A fistful of summer / Peggy Dunstan ; illustrated by Jean Oates". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  12. "The Other Side of Summer". natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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