God give me work
Till my life shall end
And life
Till my work is done.
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—–On the grave of Winifred Holtby, British novelist (1898-1935)
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She died young, age 37. In 1967, the Royal Society of Literature instituted the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for the best regional novel of the year. In 2003 it was incorporated into the Ondaatje Prize.
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