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Dal Stivens

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Daru Sutīvensu

Aliases: Dallas George Stivens
Pen Names: Jack Tarrant（stories and newspaper articles）, John Sidney（stories and newspaper articles）, Sam Johnson（stories and newspaper articles）, L'Arva Street（stories and newspaper articles）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1911-12-31 （Blayney, New South Wales）
Died
1997-06-15 （Sydney） age 85
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
West Wyalong, Australia → London, England → Lindfield, NSW

Career

Occupations
novelist, short story writer, naturalist, painter
Active Years
1936-1976
Affiliations
Australian Society of Authors
Memberships
Australian Society of Authors (Foundation President)

Awards

Miles Franklin Award
1970
Work: A Horse of Air
Result: winner
Patrick White Award
1981
Result: winner
NSW Premier's Literary Awards Special Achievement Award
1994
Organization: NSW Government
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Horse of Air

1970 novel

Award-winning Australian novel

Australian nature

Jimmy Brockett

1951 novel

Novel about an entrepreneur

The Tramp and Other Stories

1936 short story collection

Early short story collection

Depression-era Australia

Bibliography

  • The Tramp and Other Stories (1936)
  • The Courtship of Uncle Henry (1946)
  • Jimmy Brockett (1951)
  • The Gambling Ghost and Other Tales (1953)
  • Ironbark Bill (1955)
  • The Scholarly Mouse and Other Tales (1957)
  • The Wide Arch (1958)
  • Three Persons Make a Tiger (1968)
  • Selected Stories 1936–1968 (1969)
  • A Horse of Air (1970)
  • The Unicorn and Other Tales (1976)
  • The Incredible Egg (1974)
  • The Bushranger (1978)
  • The Demon Bowler and Other Cricket Stories (1979)
  • Well Anyway (2012)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
folktale style
Recurring Motifs
Australian bush lifenature

Legacy

Renowned Australian short story writer known for folktales, widely anthologized in school readers. Advocated for authors' rights.

Archives

  • National Library of Australia
  • Fisher Library, University of Sydney

In Popular Culture

  • Dal Stivens Award inaugurated in 2007 for young writers.

Trivia

  • Used multiple pseudonyms.
  • Turned to painting in later years.