Doris Hedges
Doris Hedges was a Canadian writer.
Biography
Hedges was born in Lachine, Quebec in 1900.She competed as part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the last Olympics when Arts was included as an event. She competed in the Mixed Literature category with a work called The Boxing Lessons.
Hedges was an author of science fiction and fantasy literature, and was also a well established poet and novelist. She served overseas in World War I. During World War II she was National Chairman of Publicity for the Wings for Britain Fund. She appeared on various networks as a commentator.
Works
The Flower in the Dusk, 1946Crisis, 1947Words on a Page and Other Poems, 1949Dumb Spirit: A Novel of Montreal, 1952The Dream is Certain, 1954Elixir, 1954Robin, 1957For This I Live: Poems, 1963Inside Out, 1971Source: