E. M. (Eleanor Mary‏) Smith-Dampier

E. M. Smith-Dampier, also listed as Eleanor Mary Smith-Dampier, was a poet, translator, and editor whose published work centers on traditional Nordic storytelling. Surviving catalog records and digitized editions show her active in the early 1900s, with books including Ballads from the Danish and Original Verses (1910), The Norse King's Bridal (1912), and Danish Ballads (1920).

Her writing is especially associated with translations from Danish and Old Norse. In these books, she combined literary translation with original poems of her own, aiming to keep the movement and feeling of the source ballads while making them readable for English-speaking audiences.

Records also show her as the translator of Stories and Legends of Annam by Clotilde Chivas-Baron, suggesting a wider interest in retelling traditional tales beyond the Scandinavian world. Although biographical details about her life are scarce in the sources I could confirm, her books still stand out for their clear love of folklore, song, and myth.