Ruth Dallas (1919–2008)

Poet and children's novelist Ruth Dallas born in Invercargill, New Zealand. She worked as an editorial assistant to Charles Brasch from 1962 to 1966. She has published eight volumes of poetry. Dallas had an interest in Asian poetry, particularly the haiku. Dallas lost an eye in an accident while toon meer still a teenager, and the brevity of the haiku allowed her to work easily without writing when her vision began to fail. In addition to her poetry, Dallas has written seven children's novels. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder