author
Olive Tilford Dargan
1869–1968
Raised in the Ozarks and later rooted in North Carolina, she wrote poetry and fiction shaped by mountain landscapes, social conscience, and a deep feeling for working people. She also published fiction under the pen name Fielding Burke.
7 Audiobooks
The Flutter of the Goldleaf, and Other Plays
by Olive Tilford Dargan, Frederick Peterson
The Mortal Gods, and Other Plays
by Olive Tilford Dargan
Lords and Lovers, and Other Dramas
by Olive Tilford Dargan
The Welsh Pony, Described in two letters to a friend
by Olive Tilford Dargan
Path Flower, and Other Verses
by Olive Tilford Dargan
Semiramis, and Other Plays
by Olive Tilford Dargan
Highland annals
by Olive Tilford Dargan
About the author
Born in Grayson County, Kentucky, in 1869, she spent much of her youth in Missouri and Arkansas, where she began teaching while still very young. Her early writing brought her notice as a poet, and over time she built a career that ranged across lyric poetry, novels, plays, and essays.
Much of her work grew out of her love of the southern mountains and her interest in the lives of ordinary people. She is especially remembered for writing about Appalachian life and, under the name Fielding Burke, for fiction with a strong social and political edge.
She lived many of her later years in Asheville, North Carolina, and remained connected to the region that inspired so much of her work. After her death in 1968, her reputation continued through literary histories and honors such as induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.