Английская Википедия:Emily Coungeau
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox writer Emily Coungeau (3 May 1860 – 26 July 1936) was an English-born Australian poet.
Biography
Although only starting to write poetry after the age of 50, Coungeau was a prolific writer whose work was widely published in Australian newspapers, and in four volumes of poetry published between 1914 and 1934.[1]
Her poems were published in the Brisbane Courier from early 1913.[2]
Coungeau's poem, "Love's Reverie", became a song, set to music by Percy Brier in 1913.[3] In 1922 she wrote the libretto for Alfred Hill's romantic opera, Auster!.[4]
In 1935 Coungeau was awarded life membership of Society of British Authors, Playwrights and Composers. She was a foundation member of the Lyceum Club in Brisbane.[5]
Personal
Coungeau married Naoum (Norman) Cougeau at the registry office in Richmond, Victoria on 21 February 1889. They settled in Brisbane and ran a restaurant and wine bar together. Years later they retired to Bribie Island. Coungeau died in Brisbane on 26 July 1936.[1] Her funeral was held at St. John’s Cathedral.[6] Her husband died only weeks later on 6 September.[7] There were no children.
Works
- Stella Australis: Poems, Verses and Prose Fragments (1914)
- Princess Mona: A Romantic Poetical Drama, illustrated by D. H. Souter (1916)
- Rustling Leaves: Selected Poems (1920)
- Palm Fronds: Poems and Verse (1927)
- Fern Leaves: Poems and Verse (1934)
References
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- 20th-century Australian women
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