Edith L.M. King (1871-1962). Courtesy Life with Art.
Edith Louise Mary King[1] (1871-1962) was a South African poet and artist.[2]
Life[]
King was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal.[2] She was raised and home schooled in England, where her mother returned after the marriage broke up. In 1894 King graduated from Bristol College, University of London, with a degree in modern languages. After graduation, King worked first as a governess, and then as a schoolmistress. She took drawing classes at the Bristol Community Arts Centre in 1903.[3]
King returned (with her mother) to South Africa in 1904. The following year she acquired a teachers certificate from the Royal Drawing Society, and took up employment as art teacher at the Eunice School in Bloemfontein.[3] She published her first book, of children's verse, in 1911.[2] In 1912 she became Headmistress at the Eunice School, a position she held until her retirement in 1923.[3]
After retiring King returned to England, but came back to South Africa for good in 1929, living in a cottage on her sister's farm until her death. She continued to write and draw, participating in numerous group and historical exhibitions, including the Everard Group exhibitions of 1931 and 1935, the van Riebeeck Tercentenary in 1952, and the Pretoria Centenary Historical Exhibition of South African painting in 1955.[3]
Writing[]
King wrote primarily verse for children. Representative Poetry Online comments that: "Her children's rhymes have a deceptive simplicity. They are all written from a child's perspective, in a child's voice, but any adult reader will soon find that many of these little pieces highlight the child's innocence and unknowing poignantly against the backdrop of a very dark world."[2] A typical example is "Cattle in Trucks".
Publications[]
- Country Rhymes for Children Oxford, UK: B.H. Blackwell / London: Simkin, Marshall, 1909.
- Bloemfontein: An impression in verse(with Mary Littlewood). Bloemfontein: Andrew, 1919.
- Veld Rhymes for Children, with twenty-six airs. London & New York: Longmans, Green, 1911.
- Fifty Country Rhymes for Children. . Oxford, UK: B.H. Blackwell, 1926; New York: . Appleton, 1926.
- Forms and Fancies. Oxford, UK: B.H. Blackwell, 1926.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the WorldCat..[4]
Poems by Edith L.M. King[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ King, E. L. M. (Edith Louise Mary), VIAF.org. Web, Oct. 20, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Selected Poetry of Edith L.M. King (1871-1962), Representative Poetry Online, University of Toronto, UToronto.ca, Web, Nov. 30, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Edith Louise Mary King (1871 - 1962), LifeWithArt.com. Web, Oct. 21, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Edith L.M. King, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 20, 2014.
External links[]
- Poems
- Selected Poetry of Edith L.M. King (1871-1962) (6 poems) at Representative Poetry Online.
- Edith L.M. King at AllPoetry (8 poems)
- About
- Edith Louise Mary King at Life with Art
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