Helen Lilian Shaw
New Zealand short-story writer, poet, editor
About Helen Lilian Shaw
Lived 1913 – 1985 (aged 71–72). Helen Lilian Shaw was a New Zealand poet, short story writer and writer.
Helen Lilian Shaw (20 February 1913 – 13 June 1985) was a New Zealand short-story writer, poet and editor. She was born in Timaru, New Zealand, in 1913.
Shaw met Czech-New Zealand photographer Frank Simon Hofmann in Christchurch in 1940. Together they moved to Auckland, where they wed on 24 December 1941.
Shaw died 13th June, 1985, aged 72. She was cremated and buried at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.
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New Zealand short-story writer, poet, editor
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Helen Lilian Shaw was born in 1913 in Timaru.
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Helen Lilian Shaw died in 1985.
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Helen Lilian Shaw was a poet, short story writer and writer.
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