Colleen McCullough

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Colleen McCullough AO (born June 1, 1937 in Wellington , New South Wales , † January 29, 2015 in Burnt Pine , Norfolk Island ) was a best-selling Australian author whose best-known work is The Thorn Birds .

Life

McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales in 1937 to James and Laurie McCullough. Her mother was a New Zealander with ancestors from the Māori people . She became a neurologist and worked in various hospitals in Australia and England. She later researched and taught in the United States, where she lived between 1963 and 1976. She was a lecturer in the medical school at Yale University . She had lived on Norfolk Island since the late 1970s .

In 2006, McCullough was honored with the title of Officer of the Order of Australia for her contribution to writing to the arts and the general public by supporting national and international educational programs, medical-scientific and charitable organizations and causes. The Macquarie University honored her in 1993 with a Doctor of Letters .

McCullough was a member of the New York Academy of Sciences , a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a staunch monarchist.

Works

  • Tim (1974); Goldmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-07296-4 .
  • Die Dornenvögel (Original title: The Thorn Birds , 1977, translated by Günter Panske ) Blanvalet, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-36814-3 .
  • Another word for love ( An Indecent Obsession , 1981)
  • Credo ( A Creed for the Third Millennium , 1985)
  • The Ladies of Missalonghi (1987)
  • The song of Troy ( The Song of Troy , 1998)
  • The Courage and the Will: The Life of Roden Cutler VC (1999)
  • Isle of the Lost ( Morgan's Run , 2000)
  • Land of Thorns ( The Touch , 2003)
  • A Cold Murder (On, Off) (2006)
  • House of Dreams (Angel Puss) (2006)
  • Queen of the Beast (2007)
  • The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet (2008)
  • Bittersweet (2013)

Masters of Rome - series about the final years of the Roman Republic

The plot spans the historical period from 110 BC. Until 27 BC In the first two works, Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla are the main characters, up to "Rubicon" it is Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Julius Caesar .

  • Power and Love (The First Man in Rome) , 1990; is about Marius' rise to seven-time consul against bitter resistance from the Senate. Through his victories in the wars in Numidia and against the Teutons, he became the savior of Rome. In his wake, Sulla also rose to become a respected and influential man in Rome in 110 BC. BC - 100 BC Chr. On.
  • A crown of grass (The Grass Crown) , 1991; is about the emergence of the alliance war and the death of Marius (98 BC - 86 BC)
  • Favorites of the Gods 1 - The Companions (Fortune's Favorites) , 1993; is about the rise of Pompey and Caesar
  • Minions of the Gods 2 - The Mortal Enemies (Fortune's Favorites) , 1993
  • Caesars Women (Caesar's Women) , 1996; 68 BC BC - 58 BC Chr.
  • Rubicon (Caesar) , 1997; deals with the years from 54 BC Until Pompey's death
  • The Legacy of Caesar (The October Horse) , 2002; is about Caesar's dictatorship and murder in 44 BC And the persecution of the murderers by Octavian and Marcus Antonius
  • Antony and Cleopatra was published in December 2007 in English

Film adaptations

  • 1979: Tim - Can that be love? (Tim)
  • 1983: The Thorn Birds
  • 1995/1996: Thorn Birds - The Missing Years (Thornbirds - The missing years)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian author Colleen McCullough dies
  2. ↑ Enough Rope - Transcript of McCullough interview with Andrew Denton ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (September 24, 2007) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abc.net.au
  3. ↑ It's an Honor. Australian Government, accessed July 23, 2010 .
  4. ^ ABC NSW http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s376367.htm , accessed on August 15, 2009
  5. ↑ http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/colleen-mccullough-author-of-the-thorn-birds-dies-20150129-131dka.html
personal data
SURNAME McCullough, Colleen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Wellington , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2015
Place of death Burnt Pine , Norfolk Island , Australia