Presland, John
Entry updated 31 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of Australian poet, playwright and author Gladys Williams Skelton Bendit (1885-1975), in UK from early adulthood; she signed at least one novel, the nonfantastic Barricade (1926) as by John Presland and Gladys Skelton. Escape Me – Never! (1928) is set in the Near Future. Some of her poetry, like "Wisdom and Youth" in The Deluge and Other Poems (coll 1911) the long quasi-dramatic "The Quest" and others assembled in Selected Poems (coll 1961), were Arthurian. [JC]
Gladys Williams Skelton Bendit
born Melbourne, Victoria: 6 September 1885
died Goring, Berkshire: 29 September 1975
works (highly selected)
- Escape Me – Never! (London: Philip Allan, 1928) [hb/]
collections
- The Deluge and Other Poems (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911) [poetry: coll: hb/]
- Selected Poems (London: Linden Press, 1961) [poetry: coll: hb/]
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