Dominic Paul McGuire

Dominic Paul McGuire (born April 3, 1903 in Peterborough , South Australia , † July 15, 1978 in Adelaide ) was an Australian diplomat and writer.

Life

Most of McGuire's school years were at Christian Brothers' College in Adelaide. He then went to the university in his hometown to u. a. Study history. He later received a small teaching position there.

In 1927 McGuire married the scientist Frances Margaret Cheadle and went with her to Great Britain for a few years. In 1932 he returned to Australia with his wife. He wrote for some time for the "Melbourne Argus" and traveled several times to Europe, the USA and Canada for this newspaper. During these trips, notable interviews and a. with Éamon de Valera (Ireland), Harry S. Truman (USA) and William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada).

Between 1940 and 1944 he took part in World War II , where he ended up being “Commander” in the Royal Australian Navy . 1959 McGuire was at the enthronement of Pope John XXIII. the official representative of Australia. A little later, Australia sent him to New York as the official representative to the UN General Assembly .

Ten weeks after his 75th birthday, Dominic Paul McGuire died on June 15, 1978 in Adelaide, where he found his final resting place. Archbishop James William Gleeson read mass on the occasion of McGuire's funeral and called him "... one of the most outstanding sons of the church and of Australia".

His widow Frances M. McGuire donated her husband's maritime collection (books, maps, pictures) to the state of South Australia in 1978 . The gift came to the State Library in Adelaide as the Paul McGuire Maritime Collection and is now accessible to everyone as the Paul McGuire Maritime Library .

Honors

• 1951 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1967 Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy

Works

Detective novels

• Born to by hanged . 1935.
• Cry aloud for murder . 1937.
• Daylight murder . 1934.
• Death Fugue . 1933.
• Murder by the bow . 1932.
• Murder in haste . 1934.
• Prologue to the gallows . 1936.
• There sits death . 1933.
• Three dead men . 1931.
• Three pence to Marble Arch . 1936.
• The tower mystery . 1932.
• W 1 . 1937.
• 7:30 am Victoria . 1935.

Non-fiction

• Gerard Manley Hopkins .
• There's freedom for the brave . 1949.
• Westward the course . 1942.
• Australian journey . 1939.
• Three corners of the world . 1949.

literature

• Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 243.

Web links

• Homepage of the Paul McGuire Maritime Library