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Nance Donkin (Nance Clare Pender) was born on 7 March, 1915 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, is an Australian children's writer and journalist (1915–2008). Discover Nance Donkin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 7 March, 1915
Birthday 7 March
Birthplace Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 18 April, 2008
Died Place Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1915

Nance Clare Donkin (7 March 1915 – 18 April 2008) was an Australian children's writer and journalist.

Nance Clare Pender was born in Maitland on 7 March 1915, youngest daughter of Archibald Thomas and Clara Rose Pender.

She had two sisters and three brothers.

1934

She was educated at Maitland High School and was appointed secretary of the Old Girls' Union's Younger Set in 1934.

Donkin had her first short story published at the age of eight and began writing on social happenings for the Maitland Daily Mercury at 16.

From there she moved to the Newcastle Morning Herald where she was social and fashion editor and also reviewed films.

1939

Donkin married Victor E. Donkin at West Maitland on 14 January 1939 and moved to England where she worked as a freelance writer, including radio scripts.

The following year her husband's company transferred him back to Australia and she began writing as Alison Clare.

Nancy Shepherdson, writing in Twentieth-century Children's Writers, considered Donkin's first books to have "uninspired plots and much digressive conversation".

1968

Donkin served as president of the Children's Book Council of Australia (Victoria) from 1968 to 1976.

1984

In 1984 she wrote Stranger and Friend, a nonfiction book about Greek migrants to Australia.

She had first visited Greece 18 years earlier and returned several times.

The book aimed to improve the relationship between Greeks and Australians by describing the Greek tradition of hospitality and friendship.

Donkin wrote two collections of biographies of Australian women, The Women Were There: Nineteen Women Who Enlivened Australia's History and Always a Lady: Courageous Women of Colonial Australia.

1986

Donkin was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 1986 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community, particularly in the fields of children's literature and adult education".

1990

She received the Alice Award from the NSW branch of the Society of Women Writers in 1990.

2008

Donkin died at Faversham House in Canterbury, Victoria on 18 April 2008.

She was survived by her daughter and son and their families.

Her death notice in the Herald Sun concluded, "A storyteller, a teller of tales and weaver of dreams".

2009

The Nancy Donkin Literary Award was inaugurated by Donkin's family and the Society of Women Writers Victoria and has been presented biennially since 2009.

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