Winifred Birkett

Winifred Birkett (1897–1966) was an Australian novelist and poet who won the 1934 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for her 1935 novel Earth's Quality.[1]

Winifred Birkett
Winifred Birkett, 1939
Born1897
North Sydney, New South Wales
Died1966
Occupationwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Notable worksEarth's Quality

Life and career

Winifred Birkett was born in North Sydney, New South Wales in 1897,[2] and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School.[3] Her book, Earth's Quality was published by Angus and Robertson in 1935.[4] She was president of the Sydney Lyceum Club in 1940.[5] She remained in Sydney much of her life.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Poetry
  • Edelweiss, and Other Poems (1932)

Quotes

Sonnet: "Forget me slowly dear. Let each day lie," Winifred Birkett, poetry 1930 (The Australia Woman's Mirror page 15).[8]

gollark: We must correct this.
gollark: After I said that making it keep pings was a good decision.
gollark: He queued about 20 autobotrobot reminders pinging me.
gollark: I think Camto already posted it.
gollark: There really is a Nobody, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Nobody is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Nobody is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Nobody added, or GNU/Nobody. All the so-called "Nobody" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Nobody.

References
  1. "GOLD MEDAL - Australian Literature Society AWARD TO MISS WINIFRED BIRKETT - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) - 31 Oct 1936". Trove. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. Austlit. "Winifred Birkett". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "MISS WINIFRED BIRKETT. - Young Australian Novelist". Trove. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. "CHRISTMAS PARTIES BENEFIT CHARITIES - GIFTS TO BRING JOY TO CHILDREN. Trophy Presented by Proxy. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 12 Dec 1940". Trove. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. "Birkett, Winifred - Author". Colonial Australian Popular Fiction. University of Melbourne School of Culture and Communication. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  7. "Three goats on a bender / by Winifred Birkett. - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  8. Austlit. "The Australian Woman's Mirror". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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