Dorothy Bonarjee

Dorothy Noel 'Dorf' Bonarjee (1894–1983) was an Indian poet and artist who was known for being awarded a Bardic chair while a student in Wales and for being the first woman internal student to be awarded a law degree by University College London. The first collection of her poetry was published in 2023, more than a century after it first was written. Quotes Nothing is more wearing morally, than a weak husband. 'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19 Retrieved 28 March 2025 Quotes about Dorothy Bonarjee She was free-spirited and committed to women's equality - not someone who would easily consent to a marriage arranged by her family in India 'She is beautiful but she is Indian': The student who became a Welsh bard at 19 Retrieved 28 March 2025 Bonarjee was also a supporter of women's suffrage Beth R. Jenkins BONARJEE, DOROTHY NOEL ('Dorf') (1894 - 1983), poet and lawyer Her triumph in the college Eisteddfod in 1914 prompted a burst of poetic creativity which has now been celebrated in the first ever collati0n of her verse. Dorf, the 'Hindu bard', back in Aberystwyth at last Retrieved 28 March 2025 External links Category:Lawyers from India Category:Poets from India Category:Painters from India Category:Women from India Category:Immigrants to the United Kingdom Category:1894 births Category:1983 deaths Category:Immigrants to France Category:University of Wales alumni