Green, Dorothy (1915–1991)

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Green, Dorothy (1915–1991)

Australian poet and literary critic. Born Dorothy Auchterlonie in Co. Durham, England, 1915; died 1991; m. H.M Green, 1944.

Worked as journalist, editor, and reader for ABC News Service (1942–49); lectured English, Australian, and American literature at Monash University, Australian National University, and Australian Defence Force Academy; poetry includes Kaleidoscope (1940), The Dolphin (1967), and Something to Someone (1984); nonfiction includes Ulysses Bound: Henry Handel Richardson and Her Fiction (1973), The Music of Love, Critical Essays on Literature and Life (1984), and Descent of Spirit: Writing of E. L. Grant Watson (1990); also revised husband's A History of Australian Literature (1984–85). Awarded Medal of Order of Australia.