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Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan

1885 – 1976

Australian-born travel writer

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Lived 1885 – 1976 (aged 90–91). Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan was an Australian writer.

Clara Coltman Vyvyan (née Rogers; 1885 – 1 March 1976) was an Australian-born travel writer. She published under the names C. C. Rogers and C. C. Vyvyan.

During World War I, Vyvyan served as a nurse at Rouen, France. After the war ended, she travelled across Canada and Alaska, writing articles for publication. When he died 12 years later, she inherited Trelowarren estate and house. Her close friend Daphne du Maurier used the house and gardens as settings for her novels Frenchman's Creek and Rebecca. - Anecdotes "To my dear Nell (Nellie Cyril Faudel-Phillips) who died in 1928 on May 23rd" Vyvyan, C. C. (1933). Bird Symphony: An anthology. London: John Murray. "Dedicated to C. B. V. and all others who love birds" Vyvyan, C. C. (1936). Maria Pendragon. Dawlish: The Channing Press. - Anecdotes "To Amabel - with love and gratitude for happy hours of laughter" Vyvyan, C. C. (1937). Cornish Cronies. Dawlish: The Channing Press. - Anecdotes Vyvyan, C. C. (1948). Our Cornwall, with drawings by Elizabeth Rivers. London: Westaway Books. "To Rosemary - To remember and recapture Happy Days" Vyvyan, C. C. (1949) 'The House that Listened' - article in The Cornish Review (Spring) Vyvyan, C. C. (1950). 'J.C. Tregarthen' - article in The Cornish Review (Spring) Vyvyan, C. C. (1952). The Dead Smile. London: Carroll & Nicholson. - Novel Vyvyan, C. C. (1952/1974) The Old Place. Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. London: Museum Press. Vyvyan, C. C. (1953/1954/1956/1960). The Scilly Isles. London: Robert Hale. Vyvyan, C. C. (1955). Down the Rhône on Foot. London: Peter Owen. "Dedicated to my good companions of the Rhone - Foy Quiller Couch, Daphne du Maurier, Oenone Johnson" Vyvyan, C. C. (1955). Temples and Flowers: A journey to Greece. London: Peter Owen. - Travels in Greece "Dedicated to my good companion Daphne" Vyvyan, C. C. (1956). The Helford River. London: Peter Owen PDF ebook "This book is for Anne" Vyvyan, C. C. (1957). On Timeless Shores: Journeys in Ireland. London: Peter Owen. - Travels in Ireland "Dedicated to The Wanderer Pomus and Anne" Vyvyan, C. C. (1958 Peter Owen/1959 Country Book Club). A Cornish Year. London: Country Book Club. "Dedicated to Fluminetta" Vyvyan, C. C. (1960). Random Journeys. London: Peter Owen. - Travelogues Vyvyan, C. C. (1961). Arctic Adventure. London: Peter Owen. - Travel to the Arctic Vyvyan, C. C. (1962/1963). Roots and Stars: Reflections on the past. London: Country Book Club. - Autobiography Vyvyan, C. C. (1964/1965). Coloured Pebbles. London: Country Book Club. Vyvyan, C. C. (1966). Journey up the Years. London: Peter Owen. - Autobiography "Dedicated with deep gratitude to Oenone and Anne Treffry and Alethea Garstin who helped me finish this book" Vyvyan, C. C. (1967). Nothing Venture. London: Peter Owen. - Travels in California "Dedicated to the faithful Leonore" Vyvyan, C. C. (1972). Letters from a Cornish Garden. London: Michael Joseph. - with Foreword by Daphne du Maurier Vyvyan, Clara (1998). The ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon rivers in 1926, Edmonton, University of Alberta Press Vyvyan, C. C. (n.d.) Amateur Gardening: For Pleasure and Profit. London: Museum Press.

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Born
1885, Stanage
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Died
1976
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Also known as
Clara Coltman Rogers, Lady Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan, Clara Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Vyvyan

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Australian-born travel writer

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Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan was born in 1885 in Stanage.

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Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan died in 1976.

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Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan was a writer.

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Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan was Australian.

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