Texidor, Greville (1902–1964)
Texidor, Greville (1902–1964)
English-born short-story writer. Name variations: Greville Foster; Mrs. Droescher. Born Margaret Foster, 1902, in Hampstead, England; committed suicide, 1964, in Australia; married 1st husband, a Spaniard; m. Werner Droescher (anarchist); children: 2.
Lived Bohemian life in England, traveled extensively and married a Spaniard in South America; lived in Spain during Civil War; became anarchist before leaving for New Zealand with 2nd husband Werner Droescher (1940); moved to Australia with family (1948); lived in Europe (1953–63); wrote about politics, relationships, and migration; published These Dark Glasses (1949) and In Fifteen Minutes You Can Say a Lot (ed. Kendrick Smithyman, 1987).
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