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He served in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] during World War I, and with the [[Department of Aircraft Production]] in World War II.<ref>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Flesh-in-Armour/Leonard-Mann/e/9781570037702</ref> |
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He was, in September 1949, a charter member of the [[Australian Peace Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209390854 |title=Australian Peace Council Launched |newspaper=[[ |
He was, in September 1949, a charter member of the [[Australian Peace Council]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209390854 |title=Australian Peace Council Launched |newspaper=[[Tribune (Australian newspaper)|Tribune]] |volume= , |issue=551 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1949 |accessdate=3 October 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
Revision as of 22:57, 2 October 2020
Leonard Mann (15 November 1895 – 29 April 1981) was an Australian poet, and novelist.[1]
Life
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
- 1957 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
- Australian Literature Society's gold medal (for his first novel, Flesh in Armour)
Works
Poetry
- 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
- 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
- Jennifer Strauss, ed. (1993). The Oxford book of Australian love poems. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553297-5.
References
- ^ Austlit - Leonard Mann
- ^ http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Flesh-in-Armour/Leonard-Mann/e/9781570037702
- ^ "Australian Peace Council Launched". Tribune. Vol. , , no. 551. New South Wales, Australia. 7 September 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
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External links
- ["Remembering the war: Australian novelists in the interwar years.", Australian Literary Studies]