Lexi MacHugh

Vera Alexis MacHugh (born 1922) is an Australian poet and fiction writer.

Life
MacHugh was born Lexi Aleckseevna Mihailoff at Tsitshar, Manchuria. Her father was a composer, choir conductor and an impresario, and her mother a lead singer. She immigrated to Australia with her family when she was 6, living in the Callide valley and attending school in Thangool, Queensland. She studied music at the Sydney Conservtory.

She and her husband joined the Poetry Society of Australia in 1965. Her first published poem, "The Peacock" appeared in Poetry Magazine (Australia) in 1966. She later published in other literary magazines and journals.

After the breakup of her marriage, MacHugh turned to writing fiction, which she self-published. She also began writing poety on internet usegroups such as alt.arts.poetry.comments.