Hope, Alec Derwent (A. D.) (1907–2000)
Biographical Entries
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Hope, Katherine Emily (daughter)
- McAuley, James Phillip (friend)
- Harwood, Gwendoline Nessie (friend)
- Dobson, Rosemary de Brissac (friend)
- Green, Dorothy (work colleague)
- Brissenden, Robert Francis (work colleague)
- Moore, Tom Inglis (colleague)
- Ramson, William Stanley (colleague)
- Diesendorf, Margaret (acquaintance)
- White, Patrick Victor (acquaintance)
- Harris, Maxwell Henley (opposed)
- Godfrey-Smith, Anne (mentored)
- Holme, Ernest Rudolph (teacher)
- Brereton, John Le Gay (teacher)
- Anderson, John (teacher)
- Conway, Ronald Victor (pupil)
- Bolton, Alexander Thorley (collaborator)
- Stewart, Douglas Alexander (related entry)
A. D. Hope, by Loui Seselja, 1991
National Library of Australia, 26894996
Life Summary [details]
Birth
21 July,
1907
Cooma,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
13 July,
2000
(aged 92)
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Bathurst High School (NSW)
- Fort Street Boys' High School (Sydney)
- University of Sydney
- Oxford University
Occupation
Awards
- James King of Irrawang Travelling Scholarship (University of Sydney)
- Grace Leven prize
- Gold Medal (Australian Literature Society)
- Ingram Merrill Award for poetry
- Levinson Prize for poetry
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Age Book of the Year Award
Key Events
Legacies
Key Organisations
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Commonwealth Literary Fund advisory board
- Australia Council (Literature Board)
- Association for the Study of Australian Literature
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences