Sylvia Constance Ashton-Warner, New Zealand writer, poet and educator, was born on December 17, 1908, in Stratford, New Zealand. She spent many years teaching Māori children, using stimulating and often pioneering techniques which she wrote about in her 1963 treatise "Teacher" and in the various volumes of her autobiography. Wikipedia
ASHTON-WARNER, Sylvia She broke new ground in New Zealand fiction, opening the world of imagination and emotion as a legitimate subject. www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/ashtonwarner.html
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