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Life Summary

Name	Nancy Florence Keesing
Alternative Names	Nancy Florence Hertzberg
Born	7 September, 1923 Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 January, 1993 (aged 69) Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (breast)
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Keesing, Margery Isabel (mother) Keesing, Gordon Samuel (father) Hart, Florence (grandmother) Keesing, Hannah Rachel (grandmother) Stewart, Douglas Alexander (colleague)
Education *	Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School (student, 1929-1935) Frensham School Ltd (student, 1936-1940) University of Sydney (student, 1945-1946)
Occupation *	clerk (1939-1945) New South Wales, Australia social worker (1947-1951) New South Wales, Australia poet (1951-1993) New South Wales, Australia literary critic (1952-1993) New South Wales, Australia newspaper employee (1952-1956) New South Wales, Australia anthology editor (1955-1985) New South Wales, Australia children's author (1966-1974) New South Wales, Australia magazine/journal editor (1971-1974) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1975-1988) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Legacies *	Keesing Press (eponym) Nancy Keesing Fellowship (State Library of new South Wales) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	ASA Writers Benevolent Fund (benefactor) Australian Jewish Historical Society (member) Australian Society of Authors (NSW) (member) English Association (Sydney) P.E.N. Club (Sydney) (member) Royal Australian Historical Society (member) Southerly (journal) (committee member) Australian Author (journal) (editor, 1971-1974) Australian Council for the Arts (member, 1973-1977) Australian Council for the Arts (chair, 1974-1977)
Workplaces *	Bulletin (magazine) (employee, 1951)

* Dates are approximate