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Ivy Olive Gibbs (1886?-1966) was a trans-Tasman poet and children's writer based pre-dominantly in New Zealand. Her verse in ''The Bulletin'', Australia, made her well known between 1920 and 1930 and she was widely published in New Zealand between the late 1920s and 1941. Children's verses by Gibbs appeared in ''The Christian Science Monitor'' in Boston, North America, 1944-49. == Life == It is thought that Gibbs was born and educated in England. Little is known about her early life. At some point, she moved to Australia and it is possible she was educated at the Hyde Park School of Music in Adelaide 1907-10.〔''The Advertiser'', Adelaide, Australia, miscellaneous references 1907-1910〕 From 1913-18, Gibbs seems to have lived in Coonalpyn, South Australia. Newspaper reports about Coonalpyn associated her with concerts at Coonalpyn Hall socials and fundraisers for the local school and Red Cross Society during World War I.〔''The Advertiser'', Adelaide, Australia, miscellaneous references 1913-18〕 From 1920-27, her poems in the ''Sydney Bulletin'' give her location as New South Wales. She arrived in New Zealand from Sydney aboard the ''Ulimaroa'' in Wellington, 1 June 1926,〔''The Evening Post'', 1 June 1926〕 and is on the New Zealand Electoral Roll for 1928 in Eden, Auckland. In the 1930s, she was on the committee of the New Zealand Women Writers’ and Artists’ Society (1932–34) in Wellington. After leaving Wellington in 1934, Pat Lawlor in his regular column ‘Among the Books’ for ''New Zealand Railways Magazine'' wrote: "Miss Ivy Gibbs, a writer of slender but charming verse, is now a resident of Napier."〔Pat Lawlor, ‘Among the Books’, ''New Zealand Railways Magazine'', Volume 9, Issue 2, 1 May 1934〕 The history of the New Zealand Women Writers' and Artists' Society says from Napier she moved to Australia.〔''History of the New Zealand Women's Writers’ Society'' 1932-1982, compiled by Thelma France et al, Wellington, 1984〕 After Australia, she returned to Auckland. The New Zealand Electoral Roll has her as Ivy Gibbs and Ivy Olive Gibbs in Auckland from 1938-1963. She is listed as a 'spinster' and later 'retired'. Ivy Gibbs died in Auckland on 3 October 1966. She was 80 years of age suggesting her birth was 1865 or 1866. A service was held for her at the Waikumete Chapel Crematorium on Thursday 6 October 1966.〔''New Zealand Herald'', 5 October 1966〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivy Gibbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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