Ion Idriess
Ion Llewellyn Idriess (* 1889 in Waverley , Sydney , † 1979 ) was an Australian writer .
Live and act
Idriess initially worked as a migrant worker and later worked as a miner in opal mines , rabbit catchers and crocodile hunters. During the First World War he was a soldier in the Australian armed forces . He was used in the Battle of Gallipoli and the Middle East .
His war experiences formed the basis for his first books such as Madman's Island (1927). He had his first success in 1931 with Lasseter's Last Ride , the story about Harold Lasseter and the search for a legendary large gold deposit . For the next forty years Idriess published a novel almost every year, of which his 1932 book Flynn of the Inland about Reverend John Flynn , founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia in the Australian outback, was one of the most famous works.
His experience during World War I led to his being commissioned during World War II to write six survival guides for the Australian Army.
Other well-known publications were:
- The Cattle King - The Story of Sir Sidney Kidman . 1936. New edition: HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney 2001, ISBN 978-0207197826 .
- Forty Fathoms Deep. Angus & Robertson 1937. (History of the sinking of the passenger ship "Koombana" 1912)
- The Red Chief. 1953.
- The Silver City. 1957.
literature
- Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Edinburgh 2002, ISBN 0-550-10051-2 , p. 775.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Idriess, Ion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Idriess, Ion Llewellyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waverley |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1979 |