Schreiner, Olive (1855 - 1920)
| Short name | Schreiner, Olive |
|---|---|
| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/29554433 |
| First name | Olive Emily Albertina |
| Birth name | Schreiner |
| Married name | |
| Alternative name | Ralph Iron |
| Date of birth | 1855 |
| Date of death | 1920 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Wittebergen |
| Place of death | Cape Town |
| Lived in | Healdtown , Nxuba (Cradock) , Edinburgh , England , Johannesburg , Wittebergen |
| Place of residence notes |
| Mother | |
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| Father | |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | Educated at home |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| Cronwright-Schreiner, Samuel | 1894-None | Married |
Schreiner, Olive was ...
| correspondent , friend and professional colleague | Jacobs, Aletta |
| related to | Marx, Eleanor |
| correspondent | Gandhi |
| correspondent | Strong, Emily Francis |
| correspondent | Lee, Vernon (pseudonym) |
| correspondent | Southall Tooley, Sarah A. |
| Profession(s) | Teacher/governess |
|---|---|
| Memberships | Fellowship of the New Life , The Men and Women's Club , Women's Enfranchisement Association of the Union |
| Place(s) of Residence | Healdtown (1861-1867) , Nxuba (Cradock) (1867-1880) , Edinburgh (1880-1881) , England (1881-1889) , Johannesburg (1898-None) , Wittebergen (1855-1861) |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
|---|---|---|
| *In den hof der vreugde (In the garden of delight) (1880) | 1 | 0 |
| The story of an African farm (1883) | 6 | 2 |
| Dreams (1890) | 4 | 1 |
| Dream Life and Real Life (1893) | 0 | 0 |
| The Political Situation in Cape Colony (1895) | 0 | 0 |
| Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland (1897) | 4 | 1 |
| Three Dreams in a Desert. Under a Mimosa-Tree (1897) | 0 | 0 |
| The South African Question. By an English South African (1899) | 0 | 0 |
| An English South African Woman's View of the Situation (1899) | 1 | 0 |
| So Here Then are Dreams (1901) | 0 | 0 |
| A Letter on the Jew (1906) | 0 | 0 |
| Closer Union: a Letter on South African Union and the Principles of Government (1909) | 0 | 0 |
| Woman and labour (1911) | 4 | 0 |
| Woman and War (1914) | 0 | 0 |
| Who Knocks at the Door? (1918) | 0 | 0 |
| The Dawn of Civilisation (1921) | 0 | 0 |
| Thoughts on South Africa (1923) | 2 | 0 |
| Stories, Dreams and Allegories (1923) | 0 | 0 |
| From Man to Man or Perhaps Only (1926) | 0 | 0 |
| Undine (1929) | 0 | 0 |
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-Circulations of Schreiner, Olive, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Schreiner, Olive, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown photographer, portrait of Olive Schreiner, 1889. | 1889 | is portrait of | |
| *Lemma in Mannen en vrouwen van beteekenis in onze dagen | UNKNOWN [author, various, name and sex unknown] | 1902 | comments on person |
| The South Africans by Sarah Gertrude Millin. (London Constable and Co.) | 1927 | references person | |
| "Andere Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur", in Skrywers in die strydperk. Krachtlijnen in de Zuid-Afrikaanse letterkunde (2005) | 2005 | comments on person |
MENTIONED IN:
- De Vries, Een stad vol lezers 2011
- Online text of Dreams (see work) includes a picture of the author.
Born in South-africa, also died there; but she was English and also lived in England. Schrijfster tussen twee culturen? (SP, june 2005). Met Aletta Jacobs in 1911; correspondence with Netscher in KB The Hague. Translation published in Dutch periodical for girls
Hollandsche Lelie. According to “Ontluikende Lelies” IIAV 1995
Protocol: MCL Aug2014 HERA
Edited MNS16
KLK 1904
KLK 1915
MENTIONED IN: - Offen, European feminisms, 2000, p.188ss: New Woman