Anne Bower Ingram

Anne Bower Ingram
Born Anne Whitten Bower
(1937-10-18)18 October 1937
Manilla, New South Wales
Died 26 March 2010(2010-03-26) (aged 72)
Nationality Australian
Occupation Publisher
Known for Children's literature

Anne Bower Ingram OAM (19372010) was an award winning Australian children's author and publisher.[1][2]

Life

Ingram was born in Manilla, New South Wales on October 18, 1937.[3]

Ingram left school at 15 to work in a bookshop.[2] At age 21 Ingram travelled to Britain, and at William Collins talked her way into publishing.[2]

Anne married Clark Ingram in 1964 then divorced in 1977.[2]

In 1974 Ingram took a delegation of publishers to the Bologna Children's Book Fair.[2]

For the 1988 bicentenary, Ingram organized for an exhibition of Australian children's book illustrations in Bologna and other European destinations.[2]

Ingram died on 26 March 2010 aged 72.[3]

Awards

Works

References

  1. 1 2 It's an Honour
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Macleod, Mark (14 May 2010). "Publisher backed indigenous storytelling". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Anne Bower Ingram". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. "Previous recipients: Dromkeen Medal". State Library Victoria.

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