Marjorie Pizer Explained
| Marjorie Pizer |
| Birth Date: | 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne |
| Death Date: | 4 January 2016 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
| Genre: | poetry |
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Marjorie Pizer (1920 – 4 January 2016) was an Australian poet.
Life
Pizer was born in Melbourne and studied literature at the University of Melbourne from 1939, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. Pizer began her working life as a clerk in the public service. She met and married the poet Muir Holburn (q.v.) and they left for Sydney, where they became members of the Communist Party (until the invasion of Hungary). In 1947 they set up Pinchgut Press in a spare room. She was enamoured of poetry since a young age before beginning to compose her own works.[1]
Bibliography
- Creeve Roe, Poems of Victor Daley; co-editor with Muir Holburn, 1947
- Freedom on the Wallaby, Poems of the Australian People; editor, 1953
- The Men Who Made Australia, Stories and Poems by Henry Lawson; editor, 1957
- co-editor with Joan Reed, Come Listen, Poetry for Schools, Sydney : Angus and Robertson, 1966.
- Thou and I, Poems, 1967
- To Life, Poems, Sydney : M. Pizer, 1969.
- Tides Flow, Poems, 1972
- Seasons of Love, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1975.,
- Full Summer, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1977.,
- Gifts and Remembrances, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1979.,
- To You the Living, Poems of Bereavement and Loss, 1981, 1991, 1992, 2010
- The Sixtieth Spring, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1982.,
- Below the Surface, Reflections on Life and Living; co-authored with Anne Spencer Parry, 1982, 1990, 1994
- Selected Poems, 1963-1983, 1984
- Poems of Lesbia Harford; co-editor with Drusilla Modjeska, 1985
- Equinox, Poems, 1987
- Fire in the Heart, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1990.,
- Journeys, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1992.,
- Winds of Change, Poems, Sydney : Pinchgut Press, 1995.,
- Await the Spring, Poems, 1998
- A Fortunate Star, Poems, Sydney, N.S.W. : Pinchgut Press, 2001.,
- A Poet's Life, Poems, 2006, 2010
- Poems, Poems, 2010
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Marjorie Pizer HOLBURN. The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 January 2016.
