Dallas, Ruth (1919–)

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Dallas, Ruth (1919–)

New Zealand poet and novelist. Born Sept 29, 1919, in Invercargill, New Zealand.

Involved with literary journal Landfall under editorship of Charles Brasch; children's novels include The Children in the Bush (1969), The Wild Boy in the Bush (1971), and Shining Rivers (1979); poetry includes Country Road and Other Poems 1947–52 (1953), Shadow Snow (1968), Walking on the Snow (1976), Holiday Time in the Bush (1983), and Collected Poems (1987). Named CBE (1989).

See also autobiography Curved Horizon (1991).

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