Английская Википедия:Alma Frances McCollum
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Alma Frances McCollum (7 December 1879, near Chatham, Ontario – 21 March 1906, Toronto)[1] was a Canadian poet and composer. She is best known for her collection of poems Flower Legends and Other Poems (1902).[2]
Early life and education
Alma Frances McCollum was born on 7 December 1879, in a village near Chatham, Ontario to Edward Lee Collum (1826 – 1887) and Mary Ann Sharpe (1833 – 1919).[1][3] She was the youngest daughter of six in her family. Her parents both were born and brought up in Ireland. Her father, Edward Lee Collum, died when McCollum was still a child, and the family moved to Peterborough, Ontario, where they lived till 1905 before moving to Toronto.[4]
McCollum graduated from the Collegiate Institute at Peterborough and studied at the Toronto Presbyterian Ladies College, as well as in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
Career
McCollum early started making rhymes and wrote most of the poems in her teen years.[5] A collection of her poems named Flower Legends and Other Poems was published in 1902.[2] The cover design of the book was sketched by McCollum herself.[5] The book was positively accepted by the Toronto literary community, namely Ethelwyn Wetherald, Jean Blewett, and J. W. Galvin.[1]
Having moved to Toronto she received musical training at the School of Expression in the Toronto Conservatory of Music and wrote plays for children.[1] She also took lectures in English Literature at University College, but after brief attendance she had to discontinue her studies due to health problems.[5]
Death and legacy
McCollum was diagnosed with incipient appendicitis, and during the operation on 21 March 1906 she died at the age of 26.[5]
Her book Flower Legends and Other Stories (1902) and its reprints can be found in libraries throughout the world, including The British Library,[6] McGrill University Library,[7] Plymouth State University Library[8] and others.
Her poems are also anthologized in following collections: Campbell, Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1913); Caswell, Canadian Singers and Their Songs (1925); Garvin, Canadian Poets (1916); Garvin, Canadian Verse for Boys and Girls (1930); Whyte-Edgar, Wreath of Canadian Song (1910).[1]
Bibliography
Books
- Flower Legends and Other Poems (1902).[9]
List of selected poems
- Why Blossoms Fall[10]
- Love
- A Song of the Forest
- The Angel of the Sombre Cowl
- The Silent Singer
- Little Nellie’s Pa
- Forest Sounds
- The Angel’s Kiss
- Where Sings the Whippoorwill
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Canada’s Early Women Writers. Alma Frances McCollum. Canada’s Early Women Writers, 18 May 2018.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 Шаблон:Cite web
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