biography
| name: |
Niland, D'Arcy (Francis)
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pronunciation:
[niyland]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1917–67)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Glen Innes, New South Wales, SE Australia. After his early years working in the bush, he went to Sydney and in 1942 married the New Zealand writer Ruth Park, after which he settled down to writing. Between 1949 and 1952 he won many prizes for short stories and novels, and in 1955 achieved international fame with his novel The Shiralee. This was followed by Call Me When the Cross Turns Over (1957) and four more novels. He also wrote radio and television plays, and hundreds of short stories, some of which were published in four books between 1961 and 1966. |
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