Ruth Dallas

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Ruth Dallas

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Background

(1919-2008).  Poet.  Born Ruth Mumford in Invercargill, she adopted Dallas as her pen name.  Her first book of poetry was published in 1953 and she moved to Dunedin in 1954.  She was awarded the 1968 Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Otago and was made an honorary Doctor of Literature in 1978.  In 1989 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

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Female

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