About Dulce Carman
Lived 1883 – 1970 (aged 86). Dulce Carman was a novelist and writer.
Edith Marie Dulce Carman (1883 — 1970) was a New Zealand romance writer who published over twenty novels.
Carman was born in Norwich, England, and emigrated with her family to Feilding in New Zealand in 1892. In December 1911 she married David Drummond, after which she moved to Dannevirke. She published her works under her maiden name. Carman went on to publish over 500 short stories and serialised novels in New Zealand newspapers and magazines.
She moved to Hastings for health reasons in 1932 after a severe illness which threatened her eyesight.
In 1948 her second novel, 'Neath the Maori Moon was published, and she continued to write despite ongoing health issues, publishing a further 26 novels between 1949 and 1967. Carman stated that she consulted Māori to make sure that her writing about Māori myths and practices was accurate. Although Carman's works were very popular during her lifetime, they have since been criticised as Anglocentric and patronising.
Carman died on 1 October 1970.
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New Zealand romance writer
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Dulce Carman was born on 2 October 1883.
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Dulce Carman died on 1 October 1970.
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