Dymphna Cusack

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Dymphna Cusack (1947)

Ellen Dymphna Cusack AM (born September 21, 1902 in West Wyalong , New South Wales , † October 19, 1981 ) was an Australian writer who wrote twelve novels in addition to seven plays , three travelogues , two children's books and a non-fiction book , two of which were in collaboration with Miles Franklin ( Pioneers on Parade ) and Florence James ( Come in Spinner ). Cusack spoke out against all forms of social injustice, including the disadvantage of women.

biography

After attending school, she studied at the University of Sydney and then worked as a teacher . In 1936 she published her debut novel entitled Jungfrau , which for the time was unusually open about the topic of sexuality . In 1939 the novel Pioneers on Parade , written together with Miles Franklin, appeared .

Due to illness, she left school in 1944 and devoted herself entirely to writing. In the same year, a film adaptation of her drama Red Sky at Morning was released , in which Peter Finch, among others, took on a role.

In 1948 she won a novel competition of the newspaper The Daily Telegraph , with its contribution Come in Spinner , a story about the lives of a group of women during World War II in Sydney , which they shared with the New Zealand wrote author Florence James and appeared in book form in 1951 . However, due to the clear portrayal of adultery and abortion , the publication of the novel was delayed until 1951, with a full edition not being published until 1988.

In addition to nine other novels, Dymphna Cusack also published seven works for the stage that show her preoccupation with social and political disadvantages. Some of her works published by Seven Seas Publishers , a number of English-language literature in the GDR - publishing house people and world .

For her services to Australian literature , she was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1981 shortly before her death . In 1989 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation filmed Come in Spinner , their co-authored novel with Florence James, as a television series .

Works

in German translation
  • On your own two feet - the fate of women from China . Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1961
  • And new hope every morning . Verlag der Nation , Berlin 1961
  • Chasing happiness . Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1967
  • The half-burned tree. Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1972
  • Like a black lightning bolt . Volk und Welt publishing house, Berlin 1973

Background literature

  • Norman Freehill (with Dymphna Cusack): Dymphna (biography), Melbourne 1975
  • Tania Peitzker: Dymphna Cusack: ( 1902-1981 ); a feminist analysis of gender in her romantic realistic texts , dissertation Universität Potsdam , 2000

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Book presentation , accessed on May 16, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Cusack, Dymphna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cusack, Ellen Dymphna (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH West Wyalong , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1981