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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Elma_NapierElma Napier - Wikipedia

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   Elma Napier (née Gordon-Cumming; 23 March 1892 – 12 November 1973), also known as Elma Gibbs and by the pen-name Elizabeth Garner, was a Scottish-born writer and politician who lived most of her life in the Caribbean island of Dominica. She published several novels and memoirs based on her life, and was the first woman elected to ...

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3. www.caribbeanliteraryheritage.com › authors-a-to-z › n-is-forN is for Elma Napier (1892-1973) – Caribbean Literary Heritage

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   N is for Elma Napier (1892-1973) Born Elma Gordon-Cumming in Scotland to an affluent family, in 1912 she made a socially secure marriage to Captain Maurice Antony Crutchley Gibb, with whom she emigrated to Australia after her father’s reputation was ruined by a gambling scandal.

4. www.peepaltreepress.com › authors › elma-napierElma Napier - PeepalTreePress

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   Elma Napier. Elma Napier was born in Scotland in 1892, settled in with her family at Calibishie, Dominica in 1932 and became a wholly committed islander. She quickly became a leading literary and political personality on the island.

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   1. Jan. 2009 · Elma Napier’s remarkable memoir chronicles her love affair with Dominica. It began in 1932 when she turned her back on London’s high society to build a home in Calibishie, then a remote village on Dominica’s north coast.

6. www.peepaltreepress.com › books › flying-fish-whisperedA Flying Fish Whispered - Peepal Tree Press

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   Elma Napier's novel, first published in 1938, and reissued here for the first time, is a revelation. Hers is writing that is intensely alive, sensuous in its rich portrayal of the islands fauna and flora, and in the creation of characters who truly breathe.

7. orlando.cambridge.org › people › bac5e7d9-0b07-43ff-82c5-eElma Napier | Orlando

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   Married Name: Elma Napier Pseudonym: Elizabeth Garner Before and after she settled in Dominica, expatriate writer EN published two volumes of autobiography, two novels, one volume of travel stories, and numerous short stories in Dominican and British journals.

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   Elma Napier (1892-1973) wrote Black and White Sands in the 1960s in Dominica. By then she had written two novels, Duet in Discord and A Flying Fish Whispered, both published before the second world war, and two memoirs, Youth is a Blunder and Winter is in July.