Bibliograph

A life in words, collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyson ; foreword by Patrick Carlyon

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A life in words, collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup, Les Carlyson ; foreword by Patrick Carlyon

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A life in words

Responsibility statement

Les Carlyson ; foreword by Patrick Carlyon

Sub title

collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup

Summary

Les Carlyon was one of Australia's greatest journalists and writers. His career in newspapers was stellar, becoming editor of The Age at 33, and going on to become editor in chief of The Herald & Weekly Times. But he was always more about the written word than about management, winning two Walkley Awards and the coveted Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award across a career where he covered everything from politics to horse racing. Yet most Australians will know him as an author, writing books that gave us the very essence of our history and our culture - whether in the trenches of the Western Front, or in the betting ring at Flemington. His epic account of the Gallipoli campaign, Gallipoli (2001), was as ground-breaking in its day as Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, combining incredible research and an ability to capture the human essence with a style that was distinctively his own. From Don Bradman to Paul Keating, from Flemington to Flanders, from Henry Lawson to Clive James, A Life in Words is a collection of Les's very best writing, taken from across his career

Target audience

adult

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