Facts: - death place: sydney - other names: de guesclin , - birth name: joan austral fraser - death cause: cancer - death date: 18 september 2001 - spouse: les levick - children: gregory levick - birth date: 26 january 1918 - name: amy witting - website: -lsb- http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24743/20051116-0000/lythrumpress.com.au/witting/index.html amy witting website -rsb- - birth place: sydney - occupation: novelist , poet and teacher Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of amy witting .
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amy witting -lrb- 26 january 1918 -- 18 september 2001 -rrb- was the pen name of an australian novelist and poet born joan austral fraser she was widely acknowledged as one of australia 's '' finest fiction writers , whose work was full of the atmosphere and colour or times past '' .