Olivier, Edith

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Name (Latin)
Olivier, Edith
Date of birth
1872-12-31
Date of death
1948-05-10
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Fiction
Occupation
Authors
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 22225708
Wikidata: Q5338638
Library of congress: n 86865477
Sources of Information
  • Night thoughts of a country landlady, 2014:t.p. (Edith Olivier) p. preceding t.p. (Edith Olivier, 1872-1948, was born in the Rectory at Wilton, Wiltshire; her first novel "The love child" was published in 1927 and there followed four works of fiction: "As far as Jane's grandmother's", "The triumphant footman", "Dwarf's blood", and "The seraphim room"; her works of non-fiction were: "The eccentric life of Alexander Cruden", Mary Magdalen", "Country moods and tenses", "Four Victorian ladies of Wiltshire", "Night thoughts of a country landlady", and her autobiography "Without knowing Mr. Walkley", and, posthumously published, "Wiltshire")
  • Oxford DNB online, 1 Aug. 2016(Edith Maud Olivier (1872-1948), writer, was born on 31 December 1872 at the rectory, Wilton, Wiltshire; she died on 10 May 1948)
  • Wikipedia, 1 Aug. 2016(Edith Maud Olivier MBE (31 December 1872 - 10 May 1948) was an English writer, also noted for acting as hostess to a circle of well-known writers, artists, and composers in her native Wiltshire)
  • nuc86-103836: Her The love child, 1981(hdg. on NN rept.: Olivier, Edith; usage: Edith Olivier)
  • Her From her journals ... 1989:t.p. (Edith Olivier) p. 313 (Edith Maud Olivier, 1872-1948)
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Wikipedia description:

Edith Maud Olivier MBE (31 December 1872 – 10 May 1948) was an English writer, also noted for acting as hostess to a circle of well-known writers, artists, and composers in her native Wiltshire.

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