Dulce Carman

Dulce Carman

Edith Marie Dulce Carman (1883 — 1970)[1] was a New Zealand romance writer who published over twenty novels.[1] She was a cousin of the Canadian poet Bliss Carman.[2]

Carman was born in Norwich, England, and emigrated to Feilding in New Zealand in 1892.[1] In 1906 she was one of twenty-one writers commended in the Lyceum Club's colonial literary competition.[3] In December 1911 she married David Drummond,[4] after which she moved to Dannevirke.[1] She published short stories in New Zealand newspapers and magazines, before her first novel, The Broad Stairway, was published in 1925.[5] She published her works under her maiden name.[6] She continued to publish short fiction and serialised novels in New Zealand newspapers,[7]

She moved to Hastings for health reasons in 1932 after a severe illness which threatened her eyesight.[8]

In 1948 her second novel, 'Neath the Maori Moon was published, and she continued to write despite ongoing health issues,[9] publishing a further 26 novels between 1949 and 1967.[1] In 1962 she was elected an honorary founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Terry Sturm (2006). "Carman, Dulce". In Robinson, Roger; Wattie, Nelson (eds.). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Oxford Reference.
  2. ^ "HASTINGS AUTHORESS". Wanganui Chronicle. 29 August 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  3. ^ "COLONIAL LITERARY COMPETITION". New Zealand Herald. 24 December 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  4. ^ "MARRIAGE". Feilding Star. 1 December 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  5. ^ "WOMEN'S NOTES". Manawatu Standard. 10 March 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  6. ^ "THE FIELD OF FICTION". Feilding Star. 21 July 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  7. ^ "SPARKLING NEW SERIAL". New Zealand Herald. 31 July 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  8. ^ "PERSONAL". Hawke's Bay Tribune. 3 March 1932. p. 6. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.
  9. ^ "N.Z. WOMAN WRITER: Failing Eyesight No Deterrent". The Press. 22 April 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via Papers Past.


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