John Patrick O'Grady, (9 October 1907 – 14 January 1981) was an Australian
writer. His works include the comic novel ''
They're a Weird Mob'' (1957) using the
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
Nino Culotta and the poem ''The Integrated Adjective'', sometimes known as ''Tumba-bloody-rumba''. Born to John Edward O'Grady and Margaret Gleeson.
Pseudonym
O'Grady chose to write under a variety of
pseudonyms
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, most famously as Nino Culotta for his books ''They're a Weird Mob'', ''Cop This Lot'', ''Gone Fishin'' ', and ''Gone Gougin' ''. Other examples include ''No Kava For Johnny'', which is published under O'Grady's name, but contains a preface from the author claiming that the book had in fact been written by the eponymous character, Johnny.
Works
O'Grady's numerous works were originally published in hardback by
Ure Smith with comic illustrations; many have frequently been re-issued by other publishing houses, generally facsimile editions in paperback.
* ''
They're a Weird Mob'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1957) and its sequels,
** ''
Cop This Lot
Cop or Cops commonly refers to:
* Police officer
Cop and other variants may also refer to:
Art and entertainment Film
* Cop (film), ''Cop'' (film), a 1988 American thriller
* Cops (film), ''Cops'' (film), an American silent comedy short starring ...
'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1960)
** ''Gone Fishin' '' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1962)
** ''Gone Gougin' '' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1975)
* ''No Kava for Johnny'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1961) illustrated by "
WEP"
* ''The Things They Do To You'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1963) illustrated by "
WEP"
* ''Aussie English: An Explanation of the Australian Idiom'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1965)
* ''Ladies and Gentlemen'' (with Douglass Baglin) (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1966)
* ''Gone Troppo'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1968)
* ''O'Grady Sez'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1969)
* ''So Sue Me!'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1970)
* ''Are You Irish or Normal?'' (as by Sean O'Grada) (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1970)
* ''Aussie Etiket; or, Doing Things the Aussie Way'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1971)
* ''It's Your Shout, Mate!: Aussie pubs and Aussie beers'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1972)
* ''Smoky Joe the Fish-eater'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1972)
* ''Survival in the Doghouse'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1973)
* ''Now Listen, Mate!''
e-issue of ''So sue me!''(Sydney: Ure Smith, 1974)
* ''There Was A Kid: An Autobiography, Part One'' (Sydney: Ure Smith, 1977)
* ''Down Under To Up Over'' (with Molly O'Grady) (Sydney: Lansdowne Press, 1980)
''Aussie Etiket'' was translated into Japanese as ''Ōsutoraria-ryū Echiketto: Oretachi Dattara Kōsuru Ne'' (Tōkyō : Kindai Bungeisha, 1993)
A collection of the papers of O'Grady, ranging from 1942 to 1986, are available in manuscript form at the
National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Family
O'Grady's son, John O'Grady, Jnr, was at one point the head of situation comedy at the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation and winner of the 1987 Television Drama Award for
ABC TV series ''
Mother and Son'' presented by the
Australian Human Rights Commission.
O'Grady's brother, Frank, was also an author and published ''The Golden Valley'' (1955), ''Goonoo Goonoo'' (1956) and ''Hanging Rock'' (1957); all published by
Cassell. While John O'Grady's novels were light satirical works, Frank O'Grady wrote pioneering sagas set in western New South Wales.
See also
*
Australian Dream
References
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1907 births
1981 deaths
Australian humorists
20th-century Australian novelists
20th-century Australian poets
Australian male novelists
Australian male poets
20th-century Australian male writers