Henry Lawson

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Henry Lawson, ca.1902

Henry Archibald Lawson (born June 17, 1867 in the gold fields of Grenfell , New South Wales , † September 2, 1922 in Sydney ) was an Australian author and poet.

Life

Lawson was the son of a Norwegian sailor who immigrated to Australia to look for gold . His mother, Louisa Lawson, was a prominent campaigner for women's suffrage and the owner and editor of The Dawn journal.

Lawson developed an ear infection at the age of seven , which led to severe hearing loss . Finally, at the age of 14, he was completely deaf . Most of his works deal with life in the Australian bush . There in the outback he spent his youth and tried a wide variety of professions.

Lawson published his poems and short stories a . a. in the more progressive magazines "Bulletin" (Sydney) and "Boomerang" ( Brisbane ).

The drunken writer, who often begged on the streets of Sydney, became one of Australia's most famous personalities.

Henry Lawson died in Sydney on September 2, 1922, at the age of 55. After his death he was honored with a state funeral.

Works

  • A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father , short story
  • Children of the bush , 1902
  • In the days when the world was wide , collection of poems
  • Joe Wilson and His Mates , 1901 (collection of short stories)
  • On the Track , 1900 (collection of short stories)
  • Over the Sliprails , 1900
  • Short stories in prose and verse , 1894
  • St. Peter , (poem)
  • Verses, Popular and Humorous , 1900
  • When I was king , 1905
  • While the Billy Boils , 1896, (collection of stories, including with The Drover's Wife )
Work editions
  • Henry Lawson: The Man Who Forgot ... and other stories. Balladine Publishing, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-945035-39-9 .

Honors

Postage stamp (1949)
  • On June 17, 1949, the Australian Post issued a 2½d postage stamp in honor of Henry Lawson.

literature

  • Manning Clark: Henry Lawson. The man and the legend. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 1995 (= 1978) ISBN 0-522-84695-5
  • Adele Fuchs: Henry Lawson. An Australian poet. Braumüller, Vienna a. a. 1914. (= Viennese contributions to English philology; 43)
  • Christopher Lee: City Bushman. Henry Lawson and the Australian imagination. Curtin Univ. Books, Fremantle, WA 2004. ISBN 1-920731-70-9
  • Brian Matthews: The receding wave. Henry Lawson's prose. Melbourne Univ. Pr., Carlton, Victoria 1972.
  • AA Phillips: Henry Lawson. Twayne, New York 1970. (= Twayne's world authors series ; 133)
  • Colin Roderick: Henry Lawson. A life. Angus et al. Robertson, North Ryde, et al. a. 1991. ISBN 0-207-15773-1
  • Colin Roderick: Henry Lawson. Commentaries on his prose writings. Angus et al. Robertson, London a. a. 1985. ISBN 0-207-14558-X
  • Kay Schaffer: Women and the bush. Forces of desire in the Australian cultural tradition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 1988. ISBN 0-521-36244-X
  • Michael Wilding : Studies in classic Australian fiction. Sydney Studies, Sydney, NSW 1997. (= Sydney studies in society and culture 16) ISBN 0-949405-13-2

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personal data
SURNAME Lawson, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lawson, Henry Archibald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian author and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Grenfell , Australia
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1922
Place of death Sydney , Australia