A GIFTED WRITER
DEATH OF MISS JESSIE MACKAY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. One of the most honoured figures in New Zealand literature, Miss Jessie MacKay 4 died this morning at the age of 74. Born at Rakaia Gorge, where her father had a sheep station, Miss Mac Kay spent the greater part of her life in Canterbury and found inspiration for much of her finest poetry in the foothills country where she was born. The publication of her volume of verse, “Land of the Morning,” more than a quarter of a century ago, was an important event in the history of New Zealand literature, containing as it did some of the noblest verse that had yet been inspired by the scenery and traditions of this young country. Combining in her character and her writing the finest qualities of the colonial with the fire, enthusiasm and intense love of country typical of the Gael Miss Mac Kay devoted hei - ardent sympathies and eloquent tongue and pen to humanitarian progress and the cause of the oppressed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 6
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176A GIFTED WRITER Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1938, Page 6
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