People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• Steve, Kennedy

Birth

2 May, 1902
Noorat, Victoria, Australia

Death

21 January, 1984 (aged 81)
Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, 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.

• Atheist
• Presbyterian

Education

• Noorat Primary School (Vic)
• Terang High School (Vic)
• Stott's Business and Correspondence College

Occupation or Descriptor

• accountant
• autobiographer/memoirist
• columnist
• novelist
• short story writer
• travel writer

Awards

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR)
• Member of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• Alan Marshall Short Story Award (Nillumbik Shire Council, in partnership with Yarra Plenty Regional Library and in association with Writers Victoria and Australian Society of Authors)
• Phonse Tobin Award (Rotary Club of North Melbourne)

Key Organisations

• Australia-USSR Society
• Victorian Writers' League

Political Activism

• Communist Party (Vic)

Workplaces

• Trueform
• Argus (Melbourne) newspaper