Anna Wickham

Anna Wickham was the pseudonym of Edith Alice Mary Harper (1883 – 1 May 1947), an English-Australian poet who was a pioneer of modernist poetry. She was a friend of other writers of the time, such as D. H. Lawrence, George Bernard Shaw, Katherine Mansfield and Dylan Thomas. Wickham lived a transnational, unconventional life, moving between Australia, England and France. She is remembered as a feminist writer. Quotes It is well within the order of thingsThat man should listen when his mate sings;But the true male never yet walkedWho liked to listen when his mate talked. "The Affinity", st. 4, in The Contemplative Quarry (London, 1915), p. 16 External links Category:1883 births Category:1947 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Poets from Australia Category:Women authors from England Category:People from London Category:Suicides Category:Women born in the 1880s