Leonard Mann (15 November 1895 – 29 April 1981) was an Australian poet, and novelist.[1]
Leonard Mann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1895 Toorak, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 29 April 1981 (aged 85) Emerald, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | novelist and poet |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1932-1969 |
Life edit
He served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and with the Department of Aircraft Production in World War II.[2]
He was, in September 1949, a charter member of the Australian Peace Council.[3]
Awards edit
- 1957 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry for Elegiac and Other Poems
- Australian Literature Society's gold medal (for his first novel, Flesh in Armour)
Works edit
Poetry edit
- Elegiac, and other poems. Cheshire. 1957.
- The delectable mountains and other poems. Angus and Robertson. 1944.
- Poems from the mask. Hawthorn Press. 1941.
- The plumed voice: poems. Angus & Robertson. 1938.
Novels edit
- Flesh in Armour (1932)
- Human Drift. Angus and Robertson. 1935.
- A Murder in Sydney. Jonathan Cape. 1937.
- Mountain Flat. Jonathan Cape. 1939.
- The Go-Getter. Angus and Robertson. 1942.
- Andrea Caslin. Jonathan Cape. 1959.
- Venus Half-Caste. Hodder and Stoughton. 1963.
Anthologies edit
- Jennifer Strauss, ed. (1993). The Oxford book of Australian love poems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553297-5.
References edit
- ^ Austlit - Leonard Mann
- ^ "Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys".
- ^ "Australian Peace Council Launched". Tribune. No. 551. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
External links edit
- ["Remembering the war: Australian novelists in the interwar years.", Australian Literary Studies]
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