Victoria Grace Blackburn
Victoria Grace Blackburn (17 April 1865 – 4 March 1928) was a Canadian journalist and writer.[1]
Victoria Grace Blackburn | |
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 Blackburn, in Canadian Poets (1916) | |
| Born | April 17, 1865 Quebec City |
| Died | March 4, 1928 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Hellmuth Ladies' College |
| Genre | Journalism, Poetry |
Biography
Blackburn was born on April 17, 1865, in Quebec City.[2] In 1894, after studying at Hellmuth Ladies' College, Blackburn began writing for the London Free Press. In 1890s she also worked as a teacher.[3] The paper was published by her father, Josiah Blackburn, and, later, by her brother, Walter Josiah Blackburn. In 1900 she became the paper's literary and drama critic.[1]
Blackburn studied criticism in New York and spent some years in Europe with her sisters. In 1918 she returned to Canada and became managing editor of the London Free Press. She stayed in that position for a decade and was an important figure among London's cultural elite.[1]
Beyond her journalism, Blackburn published dozens of poems, two plays and a novel.[1]
Bibliography
- Blackburn, Grace (1918). "Grace Blackburn". In Garvin, John William (ed.). Canadian Poems of the Great War. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 19–21. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
References
- Reaney, James Stewart (2005). "Blackburn, Victoria Grace". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- Moran, Rodger J. "Victoria Grace Blackburn". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Historica Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- James Stewart Reaney. "BLACKBURN, VICTORIA GRACE".
External links
- Blackburn in SFU Digitized Collections, Simon Fraser University, Coll. Canada's Early Women Writers (with photograph)