About Phebe Florence Miller
Lived 1889 – 1979 (aged 89–90). Phebe Florence Miller was a Canadian writer and poet.
Phebe Florence Miller (July 8, 1889 – May 18, 1979) was a Canadian writer and nature lover, one of Newfoundland's first serious woman writers.
Biography The daughter of Emma Allen and Joseph Miller, she was born in Topsail, Newfoundland and was educated at the Methodist school there. In 1907, she began work as a government telegraph operator in Topsail. In 1928, she became the local postmistress, retiring in 1942. Miller was organist for the Topsail United Church well into her eighties.
She died in Topsail at the age of 89. She is buried in the Topsail United Church Cemetery.
Miller's papers are held at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Her literary career is described in Mistress of the Blue Castle: The Writing Life of Phebe Florence Miller.
Awards and honours 1920, First prize, Dr. Chase's Almanac Great Diary Contest 1921 and 1924, tied for first place, Dr. Chase's Almanac Great Diary Contest
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