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Audrey Alexandra Brown

オードリー・アレクサンドラ・ブラウン

Ōdorī Arekusandora Buraun

Aliases: the Khoji

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1904-10-29 （Nanaimo, British Columbia）
Died
1998-09-20 （Victoria, BC） age 93
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
Nanaimo, British Columbia → Victoria, British Columbia

Career

Occupations
poet, freelance journalist
Active Years
1926-1998
Affiliations
Nanaimo Free Press
Memberships
Royal Society of Canada
Influenced By
Duncan Campbell Scott, Pelham Edgar

Awards

Lorne Pierce Medal
1944
Organization: Royal Society of Canada
Result: 受賞
Order of Canada
1967
Category: Officer
Organization: Governor General of Canada
Result: OC
Culture & Heritage Award for Lifetime Cultural Achievement
2018
Organization: City of Nanaimo
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Dryad in Nanaimo

1931 Poetry

A Dryad in Nanaimo with 11 New Poems

1934 Poetry

The Tree of Resurrection and other poems

1937 Poetry

The Log of a Lame Duck

1937 Poetry

Challenge to Life and Death

1943 Poetry

V-E Day

1946 Poetry

All Fool's Day

1948 Poetry

Bibliography

  • A Dryad in Nanaimo, 1931
  • A Dryad in Nanaimo with 11 New Poems, 1934
  • The Tree of Resurrection and other poems, 1937
  • The Log of a Lame Duck, 1937
  • Challenge to Life and Death, 1943
  • V-E Day, 1946
  • All Fool's Day, 1948

Style & Themes

Literary Style
traditional poetic forms

Health

  • rheumatic fever
    幼少期以降
    crippled her physically and contributed to her sidelining by modernist critics

Legacy

Contributed to Canadian poetry, received several awards, but was sidelined by modernism after 1950. Her archives are held at University of Victoria.

Archives

  • University of Victoria Special Collections
  • Simon Fraser University Digitized Collections
  • Victoria University Library Pelham Edgar Collection

Trivia

  • Wrote her first poem at age six
  • Posthumously awarded Lifetime Cultural Achievement by City of Nanaimo in 2018