Olive Pell

Olive Alicia Ades Pell (29 October 1903 – 23 January 2002) was an Australian librarian and poet.

Olive Pell
Born(1903-10-29)29 October 1903
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Died23 January 2002(2002-01-23) (aged 98)
Perth, Western Australia
Occupation
  • Librarian
  • poet

Life and career

Olive Pell was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 29 October 1903.[1] She was educated at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls in Perth from 1916 to 1918.[2]

She joined the University of Western Australia as a librarian in 1942 and remained in the role for 27 years. She joined the Western Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers in 1940 and served as president in 1969–1970. Her contribution to that organisation was recognised by the award of honorary life membership in 1979.

Pell's poetry was published in the Jindyworobak Anthology for 1944,[3] 1945,[4] 1947,[5] 1949,[6] 1951,[7] 1952[8] and 1953.[9] "Monte Bello" was her first poem to be published in The Bulletin.[10] It was subsequently selected from 1,000 contributions for inclusion in Australia Writes: An Anthology (1953)[11] and later appeared in The Fremantle Press Anthology of Western Australian Poetry (2017).[10]

Pell died on 23 January 2002 in Perth, Western Australia.[12]

Her papers are held in the State Library of Western Australia.[13]

Selected works

Poetry
  • Gold to Win, Hawthorn Press, 1964[14]
  • I'd Rather Be a Fig, Hawthorn Press, 1977[15]
  • Patient Reaction, WordWorks Express, 1991[16]

Nonfiction
  • Gold in the Veins: An autobiography of Olive Pell 1903–2002, 2002[17]

References
  1. "Olive Pell". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. Pell, Olive (1991), Girls' High School : Interview with Miss Olive Pell, retrieved 14 September 2023
  3. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1943), "REACTION (31 December 1943)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1944): 22, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1944), "PROSPECTORS (31 December 1944)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1945): 13, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1946), "FEAR (31 December 1946)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1947): 53, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1948), "THE DEAD GUMS (31 December 1948)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1949): 65, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1950), "56. ROTTNEST (31 December 1950)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1951): 54, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1951), "16. AUSTRALIANS ALL (31 December 1951)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1952): 18, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Ingamells, Rex, 1913-1955 (31 December 1952), "HUMAN MYTH (31 December 1952)", Jindyworobak anthology, F.W. Preece (1953): 40, retrieved 14 September 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. "Monte Bello". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  11. "BOOKS AND AUTHORS". Western Mail. Western Australia. 5 November 1953. p. 47. Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. N. A. (10 February 2002). "WA writer had poetry in life". The Sunday Times.
  13. Pell, Olive (1938), Papers, 1938–1996, retrieved 14 September 2023
  14. "Gold to Win". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  15. "I'd Rather Be a Fig". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  16. "Patient Reaction". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  17. Pell, Olive (2002), Gold in the veins : an autobiography, s.n, retrieved 14 September 2023
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