Dobson, Rosemary (1920–)
Dobson, Rosemary (1920–)
Australian poet. Born on June 18, 1920, in Sydney, Australia; dau. of Arthur Austin Greaves Dobson (civil engineer) and Marjorie Caldwell Dobson; granddau. of a British poet, Austin Dobson; attended University of Sydney; m. Alexander Bolton (publisher who founded Brindabella Press), June 12, 1951; children: Lissant Mary; Robert Thorley; Ian Alexander.
Poet whose verse reflects both the past—in her love of classical civilizations—as well as the modern era with its feminist consciousness, published 1st collection of poetry, In a Convex Mirror (1944); won Sydney Morning Herald poetry prize for The Ship of Ice and Other Poems (1948); explored Europe (1966–71); received prize from Fellowship of Australian Writers (1979); also wrote Focus on Ray Crooke (1971), Three Poems on Water Springs (1973), Greek Coins: A Sequence of Poems (1977), Over the Frontier (1978), and Summer Press (1987); edited several anthologies of poetry and has been involved in the translation of Russian works into English, most notably with David Campbell on Seven Russian Poets: Imitations (1979).
See also Women in World History.