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C. A. (Catharine Amy) Dawson Scott
1865–1934
A prolific English novelist, poet, and playwright, she is remembered both for her fiction and for helping launch what became PEN International. Her later years also brought a deep interest in spiritualism, adding an unusual dimension to her public life.
2 Audiobooks
Nooks and Corners of Cornwall
by C. A. (Catharine Amy) Dawson Scott
Wastralls: A Novel
by C. A. (Catharine Amy) Dawson Scott
About the author
Born in Dulwich in August 1865, Catharine Amy Dawson Scott wrote under several forms of her name, including C. A. Dawson Scott. She built a wide-ranging literary career as a novelist, poet, playwright, and short-story writer, publishing many books across the late Victorian and early 20th-century period.
She is especially notable for co-founding English PEN in 1921, the organization that became the founding center of PEN International. That role helped secure her place not only as a writer, but also as an important literary organizer who worked to connect and support writers beyond her own books.
In her later years, she became closely associated with spiritualism and related organizations. She died in London on November 4, 1934, leaving behind a body of work and a legacy tied both to literature and to the wider community of writers.