Barbara Hanrahan

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Barbara Hanrahan (born September 6, 1939 in Adelaide , South Australia , † December 1, 1991 ibid) was an Australian graphic artist and writer.

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Barbara Hanrahan Lane in Thebarton

After her childhood and youth in Australia , where she completed her training as an art teacher in 1960, Hanrahan went to London in 1963 , where she studied at the Royal College of Art . Her graphics, which are influenced by Māori art , were subsequently exhibited worldwide. She lived mostly in England until the 1980s before returning to Australia.

In 1973 she published her first novel The Scent of Eucalyptus , in which she reflected on her Australian childhood. Her last novel, Michael and Me and the Sun , was published in 1992, a year after her death. Relationships among women were a key theme in her work, which often combines graphic and literary forms of expression. There is also a religious component in her work. She is considered "one of the few Australian writers who publicly put their individual creativity in a relationship with God, which makes her read as a spiritual author."

With Patrick White and Peter Carey , Hanrahan is counted among the most important storytellers of Australian modern life. Hanrahan developed cancer from which she eventually died. Her doctor until his death in 1986 was Ainslie Meares , an Australian psychiatrist and hypnotherapist , who taught her methods of meditation for pain relief and gained artistic and personal influence on her.

Works

  • The Scent of Eucalyptus (1973)
  • Sea-Green (1974)
  • The Albatross Muff (1977)
  • Where the Queens All Strayed (1978)
  • The Peach Groves (1980)
  • The Frangipani Gardens (1980)
  • Dove (1982)
  • Kewpie Doll (1984)
  • Annie Magdalene (1985)
  • Dream People (1987)
  • A Chelsea Girl (1987)
  • Flawless Jade (1989)
  • Iris in her Garden (1991)
  • Michael and Me and the Sun (1992)
  • Good Night Mr Moon (1992)
  • The Diaries of Barbara Hanrahan. Edited by Elaine Lindsay (1998)

literature

  • Annette Steward: Barbara Hanrahan. A biography . Wakefield Press, Kent Town 2010, ISBN 978-1-86254-824-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  • Penelope Hanley: Creative Lives. Personal Papers of Australian Writers and Artists . National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2009, ISBN 978-0-642-27656-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ E.g. Dream why Pretend: Works by Barbara Hanrahan 1967–1989 . University Art Museum, University of Queensland, St. Lucia 1994, ISBN 0-86776-553-4 .
  2. ↑ Elaine Lindsay: Rewriting God. Spirituality in Contemporary Australian Women's Fiction . Rodopi, Amsterdam 2000, ISBN 90-420-1592-6 , p. 220.
  3. ^ Julie Mullaney: Postcolonial Literatures in Context . New York, NY 2010, ISBN 978-1-8470-6336-6 , p. 70.
  4. ^ Annette Steward: Barbara Hanrahan. A biography . Kent Town 2010, ISBN 978-1-86254-824-4 , pp. 207, 210, 236 and 237.
personal data
SURNAME Hanrahan, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1991
Place of death Adelaide