Kramer, Leonie (1924–)

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Kramer, Leonie (1924–)

Australian educator and writer. Name variations: Dame Leonie Kramer. Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1924; educated at universities of Melbourne and Oxford.

An expert on works of Henry Handel Richardson, became a professor at University of Sydney (1968); writings on Richardson include Henry Handel Richardson and Some of Her Sources (1954), A Companion to Australia Felix (1962), and Myself When Laura (1966), concerning Richardson's novel The Getting of Wisdom; with R.D. Eagleson, wrote Language and Literature: A Synthesis (1976) and A Guide to Language and Literature (1978); also edited a number of scholarly volumes, including Australian Poetry (1961), Coast to Coast (1962), Henry Kendall (with A.D. Hope, 1972), and The Oxford History of Australian Literature (1981). Made OBE (1976) and DBE (1981).

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