Edith Alleyne Sinnotte | |
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Born | 1871 Liverpool, UK |
Died | 15 November 1947 Balwyn, Victoria, Australia | (aged 75–76)
Occupation | Esperanto writer |
Language | English |
Genre | novel |
Notable works | Lilio (1918) |
Spouse | William Henry Mumford |
Edith Alleyne Sinnotte (1871, Liverpool, UK – 15 November 1947, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia) was an Australian writer of British origin. [1] She is best known as the first female Esperanto novelist. [2]
Edith Alleyne Sinnotte was born in 1871 in Liverpool in a family of Walter Powell Sinnotte and Isabella Baylis. She learned Esperanto in the United Kingdom before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia in 1894. [1] In December 1930 she married William Henry Mumford at the Holy Trinity Church, East Melbourne. [3]
She was a fellow of the British Esperanto Association and the president of the Mont Albert branch of the Esperanto society. [4] In 1918 her novel Lilio was published in London by British Esperanto Association. [5] It became the first novel in Esperanto by female author. [2]
Edith Alleyne Sinnotte died suddenly on 15 November 1947 at her home in Balwyn, Victoria, and was cremated. [6] [7]