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Name	Rosemary de Brissac Dobson
Alternative Names	Rosemary de Brissac Bolton
Born	18 June, 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 June, 2012 (aged 92) Curtin, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hope, Alec Derwent (friend)
Education *	Frensham (Mittagong, NSW) (student, 1931-1937) University of Sydney (non-degree student, 1938-1940)
Occupation *	book editor (1937-1966) New South Wales, Australia poet (1937-1966) New South Wales, Australia poet (1971-2012) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Patrick White Literary Award (recipient, 1984) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1987) Age Book of the Year Award (recipient, 2001)
Workplaces *	Angus and Robertson (editor, 1940-1952)

* Dates are approximate

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