People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

29 January, 1904
Sunderland, Durham, England

Death

11 May, 1998 (aged 94)
Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English
• Scottish

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.

• Agnostic
• Presbyterian

Occupation

• communist
• essayist
• gardener
• novelist
• short story writer
• wharf labourer

Awards

• Commonwealth Literary Fund
• Gold Medal (Australian Literature Society)
• Patrick White Literary Award
• Australia Council (Literature Board)
• Member of the Order of Australia

Key Organisations

• Fellowship of Australian Writers (Vic)
• Melbourne Realist Writer's Group

Political Activism

• Communist Party (Vic)