Doris Hedges

Doris Hedges (10 April 1896 – 14 July 1972) was a Canadian writer.

Biography Hedges was born in Lachine, Quebec in 1900.

She competed as part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the last Olympics when Arts was included as an event. She competed in the Mixed Literature category with a work called The Boxing Lessons.

Hedges was an author of science fiction and fantasy literature, and was also a well established poet and novelist. She served overseas in World War I. During World War II she was National Chairman of Publicity for the Wings for Britain Fund. She appeared on various networks as a commentator.

Works The Flower in the Dusk, 1946 Crisis, 1947 Words on a Page and Other Poems, 1949 Dumb Spirit: A Novel of Montreal, 1952 The Dream is Certain, 1954 Elixir, 1954 Robin, 1957 For This I Live: Poems, 1963 Inside Out, 1971

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