Venie Holmgren Venie Holmgren i(A6643 works by) (a.k.a. Lavinia Stella Holmgren)
Born: Established: 1922 York, York area, York - Brookton - Quairading area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jan 2016
Gender: Female
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A poet and an environmental and peace activist, Venie Holmgren grew up in Western Australia, but later settled in a small coastal village of Southern New South Wales. 'She has been by turn, sometimes concurrently, dutiful daughter, shop assistant, housewife and mother, unpaid political organiser - frequently for unpopular causes - professional charlady, bookshop proprietor, library aide and gipsy, having spent almost three years wandering alone around Australia in a campervan' (from an author note in Among the Sepias, 1999).

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  • Author writes in these languages:ENGLISH
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