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HOT OCTOBER: An Autobiographical Story by Lauris Edmond
Paperback, Signed by author. first owners name on first page. 239 pages. Published 1989. New Zealand story. In good tidy condition.
About Lauris Edmond, born at Dannevirke in 1924, was a latecomer to literary fame, publishing her first book when she was 51. Ten more collections of poetry followed, plus an autobiography in three volumes: Hot October, Bonfires in the Rain and The Quick World. She also published a novel and wrote radio and stage drama.
A former speech therapist and English teacher, Edmond was a graduate of Waikato, Victoria and Massey Universities. Massey conferred an honorary doctorate of literature on her in 1988. Among her many awards was a Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship in 1981 and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1985. She was made an OBE for services to poetry and literature in 1986. In 1999, she received a lifetime achievement award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Lauris Edmond died in 2000.
Includes monochrome images. Includes various newspaper cuttings.
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