Katherine Arnold Price (18931989), was an Irish poet and writer.

Biography

Price was born in

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and grew up in

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. She was from a

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family. Her grandfather was

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who had been a Professor of English in the Catholic University in Dublin. Her great-grandfather was also

, a headmaster of

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in Britain. He was known for his reforming of the school. Price attended

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in Dublin where she got a bachelor's degree in English and French in 1927. Price then spent a year studying in

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before moving for another year to the University of Lyon. She also travelled often. Price moved to Delgany in Ireland, where her grandparents had lived. Her final residence was in Dublin. Price focused on music and archeology. She wrote poetry and prose but was not widely published during her life. Her two books were published late in life. She spent thirty years working on one of her poems, ''Curithir and Liadain'', the retelling of a 9th-century romance.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Price , Katherine Arnold 1893 births 1989 deaths People from County Mayo Trinity College Dublin-related lists