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1938 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1938. Books * Martin Boyd – '' Night of the Party'' * Eleanor Dark – ''Waterway'' * Arthur Gask – ''The Fall of a Dictator'' * Xavier Herbert – '' Capricornia'' * Michael Innes – ''Lament for a Maker'' * Norman Lindsay – ''Age of Consent'' * Alice Grant Rosman – ''Unfamiliar Faces'' * Nevil Shute – ''Ruined City'' * Christina Stead – ''House of All Nations'' * E. V. Timms – ''Maelstrom'' * Arthur Upfield – '' The Bone is Pointed'' Short stories * Alan Marshall – "Clarkey's Dead" * Katharine Susannah Prichard – "Marlene" Poetry * R. D. FitzGerald – ''Moonlight Acre'' * A. D. Hope – "Standardisation" * Jack Lindsay – "On Guard for Spain" * Jack Moses – ''Nine Miles from Gundagai'' * John Shaw Neilson ** ''Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse'' ** " The Crane is My Neighbour" Awards and honours Literary Births A list, ordered by date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Boyd
Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett– Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19th century in Australia. Boyd was a novelist, memoirist and poet who spent most of his life after World War I in Europe, primarily Britain. His work drew heavily on his own life and family, with his novels frequently exploring the experiences of the Anglo-Australian upper and middle classes. His writing was also deeply influenced by his experience of serving in World War One. Boyd's siblings included the potter Merric Boyd (1888–1959), painters Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923) and Helen à Beckett Read, née Boyd (1903–1999). He was intensely involved in family life and took a keen interest in the development of his nephews and nieces and their families, including potter Lucy Beck (1916-2009), painter Arthur Boyd (1920–1999), sculptor G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |