Pauline Smith

Pauline Janet Smith (2 April 1882 – 29 January 1959) was a South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright.

Life Pauline Smith was born on 2 April 1882 in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, and grew up in the Little Karoo. She was the elder of two daughters born to Herbert Urmson Smith, an English doctor, and his Scottish wife Jessie, from Aberdeen. At the age of thirteen she was sent to boarding school in Scotland.

Works

The Little Karoo. London : Jonathan Cape, 1925. With an introduction by Arnold Bennett. The Beadle. New York: Doran, 1927. A.B.: "... a minor marginal note". London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. Platkops Children. London, England: Cape, 1935. Hold Yourself Dear New York: J. Messner, 1965.