Dal Stivens

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Dallas George Stivens (born December 31, 1911 in Blayney , Blayney Shire , New South Wales , † June 15, 1997 in Sydney ) was an Australian writer .

Stivens was married to Winifred Wright from 1945 until his divorce in 1977 and they had two children.

Stiven's novel A horse of air describes the mystical search for a rare bird. In 1970 the novel won the Miles Franklin Award .

Works (selection)

Short stories

  • The tramp, and other stories (1936)
  • The courtship of Uncle Henry (1946)
  • The gambling ghost, and other tales (1953)
  • Ironbark Bill (1955)
  • The scholarly mouse, and other tales (1957)
  • Selected stories 1936–1968 (1969)
  • The unicorn, and other tales (1976)
  • The demon bowler, and other cricket stories (1979)

Novels

  • Jimmy Brockett (1951)
  • The wide arch (1958)
  • Three Persons make a tiger (1968)
  • A horse of air (1970)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography at the National Library of Australia
  2. ↑ Damian Kelleher: Dal Stivens - A Horse of Air  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.damiankelleher.com  
  3. ↑ List of the award winners
personal data
SURNAME Stivens, Dal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stivens, Dallas George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Blayney , Blayney Shire , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1997
Place of death Sydney