Nan Witcomb

Nan Witcomb
Born(1928-05-27)27 May 1928[1]
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died17 November 2023(2023-11-17) (aged 95)
Brighton, South Australia, Australia[2]
Occupation
  • Poet
  • broadcaster
  • author
  • scriptwriter
  • composer
  • raconteur
GenrePoetry
Website
users.senet.com.au/~nanushka

Nancy Witcomb (27 May 1928[1] – 17 November 2023)[3] was an Australian poet. She was best known around the world for her simple poems published over three decades from the 1970s until the 1990s as The Thoughts of Nanushka, Nanushka being her pseudonym.

In her home town of Adelaide, South Australia, she was also known as a broadcaster, author, scriptwriter and raconteur and made appearances on national television. Witcomb aas a scriptwriter wrote for the satirical television series The Mavis Bramston Show, as well as several revues and plays. Witcomb was also a composer who wrote lyrics for her friend Lorrae Desmond for her ABC television variety show.[1]

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  3. ^ Whitcomb, Nancy