Hilde Knorr (35 works by) (birth name: Hilde Alice Dent ) (a.k.a. Hilde Alice; Knörr, Hilda Knorr )
Born: Established: 28 Jan 1917 La Trobe Valley ; Died: 10 Oct 2009 Greensborough
Gender: Female
1987 Anthol of Aust Poetry has DOB as 1919. SS 14/9/05. Family death notice has dob as 28/1/1917 TGO'N 18/10/09

BiographyHistory

Descended from English and Scottish pioneers of the Latrobe Valley, Hilde Knörr grew up in the Moe-Warragul district, then studied music in Melbourne. She married the Bavarian-born sculptor, Hans Knörr, and began writing articles and short stories when her children were small. She published novels, short fiction, biography and poetry. She also published the non-fiction works Religious Art in Australia (1967) and Merriang: An Early Victorian Homestead (1981), a property at Myrtleford, Victoria, where Knörr had resided.

Notes

  • This author is more generally represented with the name in this form: Hilda Knörr.

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