Hugh McCrae

Hugh McCrae

Hugh Raymond McCrae (4 October 1876 - 17 February 1958) was an Australian writer.

McCrae was born in Melbourne, the son of the Australian author George Gordon McCrae. He was originally articled to an architect, but later took upon writing and acting, settling eventually in Sydney and Camden. His works are notable for a sense of lightness and delicacy, and he had produced, in addition to a volume of memoirs, a considerable body of verse, and a light operetta, an edition of his grandmother's journal, and a volume of prose pieces.

McCrae was well known to a number of distinguished figures in Australian artistic and literary circles. He is remembered for his friendships with Norman Lindsay and Kenneth Slessor, but he was also friendly with such figures as Christopher Brennan and Shaw Neilson.

Bibliography

*"Satyrs and Sunlight" (1909)
*"Columbone" (1920)
*"Idyllia" (1922)
*"Satyrs and Sunlight" (1928; Fanfrolico Press)
*"The Mimshi Maiden" (1938)
*"Poems" (1939)
*"Forests of Pan" (1944)
*"Voice of the Forest" (1945)
*"Story-Book Only" (1948)
*"The Ship of Heaven" (1951)

External links

* [http://www.poemhunter.com/hugh-mccrae/poet-36679/ Hugh McCrae] contains a number of his poems.


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