Elizabeth Christitch
Elizabeth Christitch | |
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Abdullah Freres' photograph 1889 | |
Born | 1861 Patrickswell, Limerick, Ireland |
Died | 26 January 1933 London, England, United Kingdom | (aged 71–72)
Nationality | Irish |
Elizabeth Christitch (pen name, Ben Hurst; 1861 – 26 January 1933) was an Irish and Serbian journalist, writer, poet, translator and patriot.
Biography
Elizabeth O'Brien was born in Patrickswell, Limerick, Ireland to John O'Brien of Lough Gur, County Limerick.[1]
She was educated at the convent of the Faithful Companions of Jesus and Mary at Bruff in Co. Limerick and at the Ursuline convent at Gravelines near Dunkirk in France.
Following her schooling, she became governess in the household of the Polish noble family of Swinarski at Strzalkowo near Poznan.
She married Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) of the
Christitch was a journalist for the Tribune, several London daily papers, and the Chicago Tribune as well as contributing fiction to various periodicals. She translated the Serbian national anthem and it was this version that was sung in Britain during the war. Christitch used the pen-name "Ben Hurst". Her best known novel was The Pride of Garr (1925). She wrote on Balkan and international politics as well as women's suffrage and Irish Home rule.
Christitch was an original member of the Serbian Relief Fund Committee. She and her daughter,
Awards and honours
- Christitch was awarded medals from both the Serbian government and the American Red Cross for her work.
Works
- Light and Shade in Albania, 1913
- A word on woman suffrage
- The Slovenes : A Small Nationality, 1918
- The Slovenes and Their Leaders, 1918
- Church conditions in Jugo-slavia, 1920
- Reunion and fusion of the southern slavs, 1921
- The Pride of Garr, 1925
References and sources
- ^ Carbery, Mary, The Farm at Lough Gur, Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1937
- ^ a b "Votes for Women! The Catholic Contribution - Diocese of Westminster". rcdow.org.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Annie and Elizabeth O'Brien Christitch Papers" (PDF). Boston College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Catholic News Service - Newsfeeds 6 February 1933". Catholic Research Resources Alliance. 6 February 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-4411-7061-3. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-8156-5436-0. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-60206-941-1. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Burnand, F.C. (1922). The Catholic Who's who & Yearbook. Burns & Oates. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ The Central European Observer -Obituary. Central European Observer. 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Great Britain and the East -Obituary. 1933. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ The Catholic Citizen. 1941. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Aleksov, Bojan (3 August 2015). "Strange Bedfellows: British Women and Serbs 1717-1945". British-Serbian Relations from the 18th to the 21st Centuries. Retrieved 6 November 2019.