Webster, Mary Morison (1894–1980)
Webster, Mary Morison (1894–1980)
South African novelist and poet. Born 1894 in Scotland; died 1980 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Immigrated to South Africa (1920) and lived in Johannesburg; published poetry collections To-morrow (1922), The Silver Flute (1931), Alien Guest (1933), Garland in the Wind (1938), Flowers from Four Gardens (1951), and A Litter of Leaves (1977); wrote novels Evergreen (1929), The Schoolhouse (1933), The Slaves of the Lamp; or, The Moon was their Undoing (1950), and A Village Scandal (1965); with sister Elizabeth Charlotte Webster, wrote satire High Altitude: A Frolic (1949).
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