Norma Davis
Norma Lochlenah Davis (10 April 1905 – 5 November 1945) was an Australian poet.
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| Born | Norma Lochlenah Davis 10 April 1905 Glenore, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 5 November 1945 (aged 40) Perth, Tasmania, Australia |
| Pen name | Glenarvon, Malda Norris |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
Born in Glenore, Tasmania, Davis began publishing poetry in the Women's Mirror under an array of pseudonyms.[1] She later moved to the village of Perth, Tasmania, and lived in a house that is now the Jolly Farmer Inn. Davis contributed poetry to Australian literary magazines such as Meanjin, The Bulletin, Poetry and Jindyworobak. It was only in the early 1940s, shortly before her death, that Davis concentrated fully on writing.[2] She published two collections, Earth Cry (1943) and I, the Thief (1944).
Davis died of cancer at her home, Glenarvon, Perth on 5 November 1945. Her remains were privately cremated.[3]
References
- Australian Poets and Their Works, by William Wilde, Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Scott, Margaret (1993). "Davis, Norma Lochlenah (1905 - 1945)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 29 August 2008 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Or Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 587-588.
- "Obituary: Miss Norma L. Davis". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). 6 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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