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Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing i(A16681 works by) (a.k.a. Nancy Florence Keesing)
Also writes as: Florence Hartmount
Born: Established: 7 Sep 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 19 Jan 1993 Hunters Hill, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Jewish
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BiographyHistory

Nancy Keesing was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Girls' Grammar School and the University of Sydney. Garden Island People (1975), a memoir, describes her war-time work with the Senior Service at Garden Island and she was a social worker at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (1947-51). Her long association with Sydney is reflected in much of her work. A versatile writer, she was active in various literary associations; for example, the Australian Society of Authors, whose journal The Australian Author, she edited from 1971 to 1974.

Riding the Elephant (1988), her autobiography, describes in vivid detail her association with many well-known literary people and organisations in Australia, starting with her work in the Bulletin offices in 1952. Douglas Stewart  was an early mentor and Kylie Tennant was a neighbour in Hunters Hill for twenty years. Keesing's own work covered several genres, including editorial and critical roles, poetry, children's novels and biography.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Manifesto i "So this is Spring, and it may not be in the season,", 1950 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 4 1950; (p. 193-195) Imminent Summer 1951; (p. 29 - 31) An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 168-170)
1949 highly commended The Herald Verse Competition

Known archival holdings

Albinski 113
State Library of New South Wales State Library of NSW (NSW)
National Library of Australia (ACT)
Australian Jewish Historical Society Inc. Australian Jewish Historical Society Library (NSW)
University of Sydney The University of Sydney Library (NSW)
University of Queensland University of Queensland Library (QLD)
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