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Sara Jeannette Duncan

(1861–1922) Novelist Canada

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Sara Jeannette Duncan was a novelist from Canada, best known for The Pool in the Desert.

Quick Facts About Sara Jeannette Duncan

Born
December 22, 1861
Died
July 22, 1922
Nationality
Canada
Profession
Novelist
Notable works
The Pool in the Desert
Spouse
Everard Cotes

About Sara Jeannette Duncan

Sara Jeannette Duncan was a Canadian author and journalist, who also published as Mrs. Everard Cotes and Garth Grafton among other names. First trained as a teacher in a normal school, she took to poetry early in life and after a brief teaching period worked as a travel writer for Canadian newspapers and a columnist for the Toronto Globe. Afterward she wrote for the Washington Post where she was put in charge of the current literature section. Later she made a journey to India and married an Anglo-Indian civil servant thereafter dividing her time between England and India. She wrote 22 works of fiction, many with international themes and settings. Her novels met with mixed acclaim and are rarely read today. In 2016, she was named a National Historic Person on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Person of National Historic Significance

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