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'Anna Wickham' 'Anna Wickham' i(A7198 works by) (birth name: Edith Alice Mary Harper) (a.k.a. Edith 'Ann' Hepburn)
Also writes as: John Oland ; Edith Harper
Born: Established: 7 May 1883 Wimbledon, London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
; Died: Ceased: 30 Apr 1947 Hampstead, London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Female
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1889 Departed from Australia: 1904
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1 6 y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems of Anna Wickham 'Anna Wickham' , Nathanael O'Reilly (editor), Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2017 10721113 2017 selected work poetry

'Anna Wickham (1883-1947) was one of the most important female poets writing in English during the first half of the twentieth century. A pioneer of Modernist poetry, she was also a fierce feminist, social activist, and friend of many significant writers, including D.H.

'Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw, Dylan Thomas, Katherine Mansfield, Natalie Clifford Barney, Kate O'Brien, and Lawrence Durrell. She produced a unique, daring and influential body of work while living a dramatic, often tragic life, which ended with her suicide. During her lifetime, Wickham published two plays in Australia, five collections of poetry in England, and one book of poetry in the United States. She lived in Australia, England and France. Wickham's work has frequently been anthologised in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Wickham's transnational, unconventional life provided her with a unique worldview; she drew heavily on her own experiences in her poetry while interrogating conceptions of gender roles, marriage, motherhood, sexuality and class.

'While Wickham's poetry earned her a major reputation during her lifetime, and her most famous poems continue to be anthologised, most of her published work is out of print and the majority of her poems have never been published. New and Selected Poems of Anna Wickham is the first collection of Wickham's poetry to be published in over three decades. This collection republishes one hundred of Wickham's poems selected from the collections published during her lifetime, as well as poems from Selected Poems (1971) and The Writings of Anna Wickham (1984). In addition to bringing many of Wickham's greatest poems back into print, this collection publishes one hundred and fifty of Wickham's remarkable poems for the first time, significantly expanding her body of published work and demonstrating her significant poetic achievement.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon A Love Letter : For Mezzo-soprano Voice with Octet 'Anna Wickham' , Theodore Dollarhide (composer), Grosvenor Place : Australian Music Centre , 1999 Z1477054 1999 single work lyric/song
1 Divorce i "A voice from the dark is calling me.", 'Anna Wickham' , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 56-57)
1 The Tigress i "There was a man who kept a young, tame tigress.", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse 1993; (p. 70)
1 Invocation to the Intelligence of a Gentleman i "Nymph in a Cloud!", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse 1993; (p. 69)
1 Nervous Prostration i "I married a man of the Croydon class", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse 1993; (p. 68-69)
1 Song of Ophelia the Survivor i "There is no smirch of sin in you only its fires,", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 50)
1 The Resource i "When I gave you honest speech", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 49)
1 The Man with a Hammer i "My Dear was a mason", 'Anna Wickham' , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 49)
1 The Marriage i "What a great battle you and I have fought!", 'Anna Wickham' , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 36) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 57-58)
1 The Fired Pot i "In our town, people live in rows.", 'Anna Wickham' , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 35)
1 Note on Rhyme i "Likeness of sound,", 'Anna Wickham' , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 35) Two Centuries of Australian Poetry 1988; (p. 141)
2 Fragment of an Autobiography: Prelude to a Spring Clean 'Anna Wickham' , 1984 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet 1984; (p. 51-157)
Describes the family background of Anna Wickham, her early years in England, fifteen years in Australia, a period in Paris and the early years of married life in England.
1 y separately published work icon The Writings of Anna Wickham, Free Woman and Poet 'Anna Wickham' , R. D. Smith (editor), London : Virago , 1984 Z421825 1984 selected work poetry prose autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Selected Poems 'Anna Wickham' , London : Chatto and Windus , 1971 Z1476970 1971 selected work poetry
1 The Spirit of the Lawrence Women: A Postumous Memoir 'Anna Wickham' , 1966 single work criticism
— Appears in: Texas Quarterly , vol. 9 no. 3 1966; (p. 31-50)
1 The Sick Assailant i "I hit her in the face because she loved me", 'Anna Wickham' , 1936 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets 1986; (p. 34) Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 378)
1 y separately published work icon Anna Wickham 'Anna Wickham' , London : Grant Richards , 1936 Z1476950 1936 selected work poetry
1 y separately published work icon The Contemplative Quarry ; and, The Man With a Hammer 'Anna Wickham' , New York (City) : Harcourt Brace , 1921 Z1477103 1921 selected work poetry
1 Biology for Breakfast i "Why does the peacock spread his jewelled tail,", 'Anna Wickham' , 1921 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bookfellow , 15 May 1921; (p. 68)
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