James Aldridge

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James Aldridge (1987)

James Aldridge (born July 10, 1918 in Swan Hill , † February 23, 2015 in London , United Kingdom ) was an Australian writer.

Growing up in Swan Hill, Victoria, he moved to London in 1938 and became a journalist. However, his novels for young people and adults are particularly well-known, which are often set in the fictional Australian city of St. Helen and are set in the 1930s. His novel Ride a Wild Pony was filmed by Walt Disney ; of My Brother Tom was a television series. Also, The True Story of Spit McPhee was filmed; in addition, Aldridge won the 1986 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the Guardian Award with this book . The True Story of Lilli Stubeck became the 1985 CBCA Book of the Year. The True Story of Lola MacKellar and The Wings of Kitty St Clair are the latest novels to be set in St. Helen. In 2003 The Girl from the Sea was nominated for the CBCA Book of the Year and for the New South Wales Literary Award.

James Aldridge's books have been translated into 40 languages. In addition to novels and short stories, he continued to write non-fictional texts and worked for television. In 1972 he received a gold medal for his journalistic work from the Organization of International Journalists .

In 1972 he was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize.

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Individual evidence

  1. Kirsty Wilson: Remembering James Aldridge. Obituary on textpublishing.com.au of February 25, 2015 (accessed July 13, 2015).
  2. О присуждении международных Ленинских премий «За укрепление мира между народами» за 1972 год . In: Pravda , May 1, 1973, p. 1.