Meredith, Gwen (b. 1907)

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Meredith, Gwen (b. 1907)

Australian playwright, scriptwriter and novelist. Name variations: Gwen Harrison; Gwenyth Valmai. Born Gwenyth Valmai Meredith, Nov 18, 1907, in Orange, NSW, Australia; dau. of George Meredith and Florence Meredith; University of Sydney, BA; m. Ainsworth Harrison, Dec 24, 1938.

Owned Chelsea Bookshop (1932–39) and worked as freelance writer; began work for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC, 1943), for which she wrote serials and documentaries, including "Blue Hills" which ran for 5,795 episodes in 27 years; works include Wives Have Their Uses (1944), Great Inheritance (1946), The Lawsons (1946), Blue Hills (1950), Beyond Blue Hills (1953), (with Ainsworth Harrison) Inns and Outs (1955), and Into the Sun. Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE, 1967) and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, 1977).

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