Rona Murray

Rona Jean Murray (born February 10, 1924 London, England - died July 9, 2003 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) was a Canadian poet.

Murray spent her early childhood in India where her father commanded a Gurkha regiment. When she was eight years old her family immigrated to Canada in 1932.

Rona attended Queen Margaret's School from 1932-1941. She studied at Mills College, and later graduated from the University of British Columbia and the University of Kent, where she earned a Ph.D.

She taught at Douglas College, Selkirk College, Castlegar, University of Victoria, and University of British Columbia.

In 1944 Murray married Gerry Haddon and had 3 children; they divorced. She later married ceramics artist Walter Dexter. They lived on Vancouver Island.

Her papers are held at University of Victoria.

Rona Murray has been granted the following awards,

• 1984 Ethel Wilson B.C. Fiction Award, Shortlisted, for The Indigo Dress and Other Stories
• 1982 Pat Lowther Award for Journey
• 1965 Norma Epstein National Award for Creative Writing, for The Enchanted Adder
• 1964 Macmillan of Canada Creative Writing Award, for The Enchanted Adder
• 1958 B.C. Centennial One-Act Play Award, for Blue Duck's Feather and Eagledown

• Biographical Note, Awards

Poetry

• The Enchanted Adder (1965)
• The Power of the Dog. Morriss Print. Co. 1968. 
• Selected Poems. Sono Nis Press. 1974. ISBN 978-0-919462-11-3. 
• Ootischenie. Fiddlehead Poetry Books. 1974. ISBN 978-0-919197-44-2. 
• Journey. Sono Nis Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-919462-75-5. 

Plays

• Blue Duck's Feather and Eagledown was performed in the 1958 Centennial celebrations of British Columbia,

Anthologies

• Rosemary Sullivan, ed. (1989). Poetry by Canadian women. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-540688-7. 

Editor

• Rona Murray, Walter Dexter, eds. (1979). The Art of earth: an anthology. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 978-0-919462-86-1.  CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
• Rona Murray, Garry McKevitt, eds. (2000). Love & pomegranates: an anthology of short fiction. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 978-1-55039-108-4.  CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
• Rona Murray, ed. (1998). Threshold: six women, six poets. Sono Nis Press. ISBN 978-1-55039-092-6. 

Non Fiction

• The Art of Earth, Rona Murray and Walter Dexter.

• Robin Hopper ceramics: a lifetime of works, ideas, and teachings. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011-05-15.