John Bryson (author)
John Bryson | |
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| Born | 25 December 1935 Melbourne,Australia |
| Died | 5 February 2022(aged 86) Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Biography, fiction, non-fiction |
John BrysonAM(25 December 1935 – 5 February 2022) was an Australian author and lawyer. He wrote works of fiction, biography and non-fiction.
Life
[edit]Bryson was born inMelbourneon 25 December 1935.[1]He attended theUniversity of Melbourne,where he studied law.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1971, after practising law for 10 years, first as a solicitor and later as abarrister,he became chairman and managing director of a Melbourne public company. In 1978, he rejoined theVictorian Bar.He was a member of the Literature Board of theAustralia Council,later becoming acting chairman.
Works
[edit]Since 1973, Bryson's articles and stories have been published in Australian newspapers.
Bryson's best known work is his 1985 bookEvil Angels: The Case of Lindy Chamberlainwhich chronicles the story ofLindy Chamberlain's trial for murder, following theDeath of Azaria Chamberlain.It was made intoa film of the same namestarringMeryl Streepin 1988. It was released under its original title in Australia and New Zealand and asA Cry in the Darkin other English-speaking territories, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. It is also known by similar titles internationally.[3]
Bryson was also the author of a 1981 collection ofshort fiction,Whoring Around,and a collection of reportage,Backstage at the Revolution.His novel of theSpanish Civil War,To the Death, Amic,was published byVikingin 1994 and asHasta la Muerte, AmigobyEditorial MilenioSpain in 2006. In 2004 he originated and co-producedSecrets of the Juryroom,a documentary for SBS-TV.
In 2013, he was published in eBook format for his works of both fiction and non-fiction.[4]Many of the non-fiction titles included collections of articles he had published as a journalist.
He died inSydneyon 5 February 2022, at the age of 86.[5][6]
Awards
[edit]- 1979The Routine,one of the stories that was later included inWhoring Around,received the 1979Patricia Hackett Awardat theUniversity of Western Australia
- 1985Victorian Premier's Awardfor non-fiction
- 1986 Allen Lane Award[7]
- 1986 Nettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction[8]
- 1986 BritishCrime Writers' AssociationGold Dagger[9]
- 2000, a panel of journalism schools included him in "The 100 Australian Journalists of the Century".[4]
- 2014 appointed aMember of the Order of Australiafor services to Australian literature, support for Indigenous youth, and community.[10]
Bibliography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Whoring AroundPenguin Books (1981)
- Melodram fur eine Heldin aus PlastSpektrum,Berlin (1985)
- Children Aren't Supposed to be Here at Allin thePenguin Century of Australian Stories(2000)
- To the Death, AmicPenguin (1994)
- Hasta la Muerte, AmigoEditorial Milenio, Spain (2006)
- A World This Size,eBook (2013)
- Fancygoods Over the Mountain,eBook (2013)
- Homage to a Born Insurgent,eBook (2013)
- Whoring Around, a Novella,eBook (2013)
- Stories of Laughter and Lament,eBook (2013)
Non-fiction
[edit]- Evil AngelsPenguin (1985) and Hachette (2000) and in 12 languages
- Backstage at the RevolutionPenguin (1986)
- The Personality of War,eBook (2013)
- A Long Weekend in Belfast,eBook (2013)
- Islanders, Far South,eBook (2013)
- In Rage, Rebellion,eBook (2013)
- Three Revolutions,eBook (2013)
- Among the Very Foreign,eBook (2013)
- Brilliant Artists in Trio,eBook (2013)
Notes
[edit]- ^AustLit
- ^Bryson, J (1985), p.i.
- ^"A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates".IMDb.com.Retrieved14 June2012.
- ^ab"John Bryson".Australian Society of Authors.Retrieved10 January2017.
- ^Craven, Peter (10 February 2022)."'An extraordinary man': farewell to author of Lindy Chamberlain masterpiece ".The Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved12 February2022.
- ^"John Bryson death notice".The Sydney Morning Herald.7 February 2022.Retrieved12 February2022.
- ^"Book Awards".LibraryThing.Retrieved10 January2017.
- ^"Nettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction 1986".LibraryThing.Retrieved10 January2017.
- ^"Gold – Non-Fiction 1986".Crime Readers Association.Retrieved10 January2017.
- ^"MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA pge 9"(PDF).Governor General Australia.Retrieved10 January2017.
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