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miércoles, 29 de mayo de 2019

Judah Waten

  1. Judah Waten

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    Judah Leon Waten AM (29 July 1911 – 29 July 1985) was an Australian novelist who was at one time seen as the voice of Australian migrant writing.

Betty Roland

  1. Betty Roland

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    Betty Roland
    BornMary Isabel Maclean
    22 July 1903
    Kaniva, Victoria
    Died12 February 1996 (aged 92)
    Sydney, New South Wales
    Pen nameBetty M. Davies
    OccupationWriter, dramatist, radio plays
    NationalityAustralian
    Period20th century
    GenreDrama, children's fiction
    Betty Roland (22 July 1903 – 12 February 1996) was an Australian writer of plays, screenplays, novels, children's books and comics.

Dorothy Hewett

Dorothy Hewett

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Dorothy Coade Hewett (21 May 1923 – 25 August 2002) was an Australian feminist poet, novelist and playwright. She has been called "one of Australia's best-loved and most respected writers".[1] She was also a member of the Communist Party for a period, though she clashed on many occasions with the

Frank Hardy

Frank Hardy

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Frank Hardy
BornFrancis Joseph Hardy
21 March 1917
Southern Cross, Victoria, Australia
Died28 January 1994 (aged 76)
Carlton North, Australia
Resting placeFawkner Memorial Park
Pen nameRoss Franklin
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
CitizenshipAustralian
Period1950-1992
Literary movementleft wing political
Notable worksPower Without Glory
SpouseRosslyn Couper
ChildrenFrances, Allan and Shirley
RelativesSister, Mary Hardy, granddaughter Marieke Hardy
Francis Joseph Hardy, (21 March 1917 – 28 January 1994) publishing as Frank Hardy was an Australian left-wing novelist and writer best known for his

Len Fox

  1. Len Fox

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    Len Fox

    Born
    Leonard Phillips Fox

    28 August 1905
    Melbourne, Victoria
    Died3 January 2004 (aged 98)
    NationalityAustralian
    Known forJournalism, visual arts, social activism
    Spouse(s)Mona Brand
    Leonard Phillips Fox (28 August 1905 – 3 January 2004) was an Australian author, journalist, social activist, and painter.

Jean Devanny

  1. Jean Devanny

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    Jean Devanny
    Jean Devanny c.1948
    BornJane Crook
    January 7, 1894
    Ferntown near Collingwood, New Zealand
    Died8 March 1962 (aged 68)
    Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    Occupationwriter
    LanguageEnglish
    SpouseFrancis Harold (Hal) Devanny
    Children3: Harold (Karl), Patricia, Erin
    Jane (Jean) Devanny (7 January 1894 – 8 March 1962) was a New Zealand writer and communist. Born in Ferntown near Collingwood in the Nelson district of New Zealand to William and Jane Crook, she migrated to Australia in 1929, eventually moving to Townsville in northern Queensland, where she died at the age of 68.

Ralph de Boissière

Ralph de Boissière

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Ralph de Boissière
Born
Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière

6 October 1907
Died16 February 2008 (aged 100)
OccupationNovelist
Notable work
Crown Jewel (1952) and Rum and Coca-Cola (1956)
Ralph Anthony Charles de Boissière (6 October 1907 – 16 February 2008) was a Trinidad-born Australian social realist novelist. Described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate

Noel Counihan

Noel Counihan

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Noel Counihan (4 October 1913 – 5 July 1986) was an Australian social realist painter, printmaker, cartoonist and illustrator active in the 1940s and 1950s in Melbourne. An atheist, communist, and art activist, Counihan made art in response to the politics and social hardships of his times.

Mona Brand

Mona Brand

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Mona Brand
Mona Brand
Born22 October 1915
Died1 August 2007 (aged 91)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Known forPlaywright, poetry, freelance writer, social activism
Spouse(s)Len Fox
Mona Brand (22 October 1915 – 1 August 2007) was a twentieth-century Australian playwright, poet and freelance writer. She also wrote under the name Alexis Fox.
Whilst living, Brand was more well known in Europe than in Australia, so much

Bartlett Adamson

Bartlett Adamson

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Bartlett Adamson
Bartlett Adamson (1919)
BornDecember 22, 1884
DiedNovember 4, 1951
Resting placeSydney
OccupationJournalist, poet, writer
LanguageEnglish
ResidenceAustralia
NationalityAustralian
Years active1918-1951
SpouseMary Ann McLachlan
Children3 sons
George Ernest “Bartlett” Adamson (22 December 1884 – 4 November 1951) was an Australian journalist, poet, author and political activist.

miércoles, 15 de mayo de 2019

Katharine Susannah Prichard

Katharine Susannah Prichard


Katharine Susannah Prichard
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Información personal
Nacimiento4 de diciembre de 1883
Levuka, Fiyi
Fallecimiento2 de octubre de 1969
(85 años)
Greenmount, Australia Occidental
NacionalidadAustraliana
Información profesional
OcupaciónEscritora
Lengua de producción literariaInglés
Katharine Susannah Prichard (Levuka, Fiyi, 4 de diciembre de 1883 - Greenmount, Australia Occidental, 2 de octubre de 1969) fue una escritora australiana y miembro fundadora del Partido Comunista de Australia.