Olive Schreiner (1855–1920)
Author of The Story of an African Farm
About the Author
Image credit: Ratsumies Peter Halket Mashonamaasta (published in 1909 in Finland), by Olive Schreiner (1855–1920), translated by Aino Malmberg (1865–1933).
Works by Olive Schreiner
Dreams and Dream life and real life 3 copies
The Story of an African Farm 2 copies
Sny 2 copies
Schreiner, Olive Archive 1 copy
The Buddhist Priest's Wife 1 copy
Droomen 1 copy
The South African Question 1 copy
Peter Halket in Mashona Land 1 copy
Women and Labor 1 copy
Associated Works
What Did Miss Darrington See? : An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction (1989) — Contributor — 117 copies
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: 1852-1923 (2020) — Contributor — 84 copies
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Contributor — 42 copies
Femmes de Siècle: Stories from the 90s - Women Writing at the End of Two Centuries (1992) — Contributor — 17 copies
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- Legal name
- Schreiner, Olive Emilie Albertina (Birth name)
Cronwright, Olive Emilie Albertina - Other names
- Iron, Ralph
- Birthdate
- 1855-03-24
- Date of death
- 1920-12-11
- Burial location
- Buffels Kop, Crodock, South Africa
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Birthplace
- Wittebergen, South Africa
- Place of death
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Places of residence
- Wittebergen, Cape Colony, South Africa
England, UK
Healdtown, South Africa
Cradock, South Africa - Education
- at home
- Occupations
- feminist
novelist
essayist
governess
political activist - Short biography
- Olive Schreiner was born to a German father and an English mother, missionaries in South Africa. Despite their strict religion, their household was erratic, and Olive's education rested primarily on her mother and her own reading. When her older brother was appointed headmaster at a school in Cradock, she went to live with him and received a formal education for the first time. She then worked as a governess for about 8 years. Olive studied the works of a wide range of prominent Victorian intellectuals, wrote a number of her own short stories, and began to develop her own social ideas. During this time, Olive saved enough to buy herself passage to England, where she hoped to study medicine. However, she had to abandon this plan due to her own poor health. She published her first book, The Story of an African Farm, in 1883, which launched her career as a novelist and social activist. In 1894, she married Samuel Cronwright, a politically active farmer in South Africa, who shared her views. Her works included much political and social criticism, and some were published under the pseudonym "Ralph Iron." She opposed Cecil Rhodes' colonialist policies in Africa as well as England's involvement in the Boer War. She also supported the women's suffrage movement and took a pacifistic stance against World War I.
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- Works
- 38
- Also by
- 18
- Members
- 1,494
- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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