Jean Lang Jean Lang i(A34134 works by) (a.k.a. Jean Lang E. Crowe)
Born: Established: 1912 Dongara, Dongara area, Dongara - Geraldton - Northampton area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jean Lang was born in Dongara and educated at the Perth Modern School and the Claremont School of Art. For the nineteen years prior to her retirement she was Head of the Art Department at the Methodist Ladies College. She wrote many essays, mainly on local history, art and music, and she also wrote and illustrated a number of books, including children's books and poetry collections.

Lang has been a prominent member of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Western Australia Section) since 1938 and was made an Honorary Life Member in 1983. In 1991, she was the Western Australian Citizen of the Year for arts, culture and entertainment, and in the same year she was awarded the inaugural Life Membership of the Western Australian Branch of the Society of Women Writers.

As well as the works recorded here, Lang has also written several works of Western Australian local history, including Early Days, Prospect Hill : A Short History of the Griggs, a Pioneer Family [1973], A Living Tradition : A History of Methodist Ladies' College, Claremont, Western Australia, a College of the Uniting Church (1980), The Open Door : A History of Loving Care for Families, House of Mercy, Alexandra Home, Ngal-a, 1890-1980 (1980), and Chalice of Love : The Life and Times of Dorothy Genders (MBE) (1997). Her short stories, graphics and poems have appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Shelter i "Along a curving bay", 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sudden Alchemy : Selected Australian Poetry 1998; (p. 117-)
1985 commended Tom Collins Poetry Prize
Salvado i "Morning breaks beyond the strangeness of a shore", 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 43 1991; (p. 30-32)
1991 joint winner Aquinas Academy Poetry Competition
Freshwater Bay i "Following river", 1984 single work poetry
— Appears in: Pillows on the Thorn 1984; (p. 30-33) Sudden Alchemy : Selected Australian Poetry 1998; (p. 196-201)
1977 second Tom Collins Poetry Prize

Known archival holdings

National Library of Australia (ACT)
Library and Information Service of Western Australia Library & Information Service of WA (WA)
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