Margaret Scott
- See Margaret Scott (dancer) for the Australian dancer.
- See Marilyn Waltz for American actress and model.
Margaret Scott (1934 - August 29, 2005) was an Australian author and poet.
Margaret and her family migrated to Tasmania from Bristol in 1959. In 1978 she received her PhD from the University of Tasmania, and was head of the English department at the University until 1989. Her publications include four books of poetry, two novels, a libretto and numerous articles. She became well know in Australia in the 1990s as a regular guest on the television show Good News Week. She was also know for her activism on environmental issues and human rights.
In 1995 a portrait of Margaret Scott by the painter Geoffrey Dyer was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The prize is awarded for a painting, "preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics".[1]
In 2005 she was selected for the inaugural Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women and received the Australia Council Writers Emeritus Award. She died following a long battle with emphysema.
Bibliography
Poetry
- Tricks of Memory (1980)
- Visited (1983)
Notes
- ^ Archibald.prize 07. Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
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