Claim: Lauris Dorothy Scott, born on April 2, 1924 in Dannevirke, New Zealand, was a poet awarded with the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (1981), Commonwealth Poetry Prize (1985), and Lilian Ida Smith Award (a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors named after a music teacher from Whanganui).
Evidence: Lauris Dorothy Edmond OBE (née Scott, 2 April 1924 – 28 January 2000) was a New Zealand poet and writer. Born in Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, Edmond survived the 1931 Napier earthquake as a child. At the same time she received the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, which enabled her to stay in the south of France for several months. Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship (1981)
Commonwealth Poetry Prize (1985)
Lilian Ida Smith Award (1987) The Lilian Ida Smith Award also known as the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award is a New Zealand literary award from the New Zealand Society of Authors. The award is named after Lilian Ida Smith, a music teacher from Whanganui.