De Brémont, Anna (1864–1922)
De Brémont, Anna (1864–1922)
South African novelist. Name variations: Comtesse or countess Anna de Bremont. Born Anna Dunphy, 1864, in Cincinnati, OH, of Irish parents; died 1922; married a French count (div.).
Moved to London (1889); immigrated to South Africa; writings, which often reflect goldmining life on Witwatersrand, include novels The Gentleman Digger: A Study of Johannesburg Life (1891), A Son of Africa (1899, reissued as Was It a Sin, 1906), and The Black Opal (1981), as well as the short-story collection The Ragged Edge Tales of the African Gold Fields (1895); also published poetry collections Love Poems (1889) and Sonnets and Love Poems (1892), as well as The World of Music: The Great Composers (1890).
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GENRE: Poetry
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