Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Schreiner, Olive

SCHREINER, OLIVE, a South African novelist; born in Basutoland, 1863. She is the daughter of a Lutheran minister, and was married in 1890 to Mr. Cronwright, an Englishman of the colony. She published her first and most noted book, &ldquo;The Story of an African Farm,&rdquo; under the pseudonym &ldquo;Ralph Iron,&rdquo; at the age of 20; &ldquo;Dreams&rdquo; (1890); &ldquo;Dream Life and Real Life&rdquo; (1893); &ldquo;Trooper Peter Halket&rdquo; (1897); &ldquo;An English South African's View of the Situation&rdquo; (1899); &ldquo;Women and Labour&rdquo; (1911); etc. She died in 1920.