Machar, Agnes Maule (1837–1927)
Machar, Agnes Maule (1837–1927)
Canadian poet, biographer and short-story writer. Name variations: (pseudonym) Fidelis. Born 1837 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada; died 1927; dau. of Rev. John Machar (Presbyterian minister) and Margaret Machar.
Social activist, worked for labor reform, temperance, and women's rights; wrote poetry, Christian stories, and patriotic and historical books; writings include Lays of the 'True North' and Other Canadian Poems (1899) and Roland Graeme, Knight: A Novel of Our Time (1892); was also a watercolorist.
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GENRE: Poetry, fiction
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The Splintered Moon (1968)
Obasan (1981)
Woman in the Woods (1985)
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