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Dorothy Hewett

ドロシー・ヒューエット

Doroshī Hyūetto

Aliases: Dorothy Coade Hewett

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1923-05-21 (Perth, Western Australia)
Died
2002-08-25 (Springwood, New South Wales) age 79
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Perth, Western Australia → Lambton Downs farm, Western Australia Wheatbelt → Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales → Woollahra, New South Wales → Darlinghurst, New South Wales → Faulconbridge, New South Wales

Career

Occupations
playwright, poet, author, journalist
Active Years
1941-2002
Affiliations
Fellowship of Australian Writers, University Drama Society, Communist Party of Australia
Memberships
Union of Australian Women, Realist Writers groups
Influenced By
Albert Facey
Influenced
Kate Lilley, Robert Adamson

Education

Perth College
English
Period: 1935頃
Year of Graduation: 1941
Country: Australia
State Exhibition award in English
University of Western Australia
Faculty of Arts
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1942- (中退後再入学)
Year of Graduation: 1960
Country: Australia
High distinctions in English, failed French, later completed Arts degree, tutor until 1973

Awards

Meanjin poetry prize
1940
Result: 受賞
ABC National Poetry Prize
1945
Work: Testament
Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Result: 受賞
Mary Gilmore Award
1957
Work: Joey
Category: 短編小説
Result: 受賞
Australian Writers' Guild Award
1974
Organization: Australian Writers' Guild
Result: 受賞
The Australian Poetry Prize
1986
Organization: The Australian
Result: 受賞
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
1989
Result: 受賞
Mattara Poetry Prize
1991
Result: 受賞
Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction
1991
Result: 受賞
Christopher Brennan Award
1996
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Chapel Perilous

1971 Play

Self-parodying play about Sally Banner, resonating with the feminist movement.

self-explorationwomen's rolesAustralian society

The Man from Mukinupin

1977 Musical play

Popular musical play set in an idealized Western Australian country town.

rural lifefailed dreamsAustralian identity
Adaptations
  • [Theatre] The Man from Mukinupin (1979)
  • [Theatre] (1981)

Bobbin Up

1959 Novel

Socialist realist novel about women workers' strike in a cotton mill.

working classwomen's strugglesocial change
Translations
  • Translated into five languages

Bibliography

  • Windmill Country
  • Rapunzel in Suburbia
  • Alice in Wormland

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernismsocialist realismexpressionismavant-gardebaroque larrikin humour
Recurring Motifs
wheatbelt landscapepersonal conflictpolitical themesfeminismdreams and reality

Health

  • Thrombosis
    1965年
    Treated in Soviet Union, awareness of censorship
  • Gastric trouble
    1970年代
    Surgery
  • Slipped retina
    1971-1972
    Surgery
  • Osteoarthritis
    1970年代後半-晩年
    Wheelchair-bound, bedridden
  • Breast cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death
  • Intestinal bug
    1961年、クイーンズランド
    Ongoing health issues

Legacy

Major Australian playwright, poet and author with 22 plays performed, nine poetry collections, three novels. Supported by Australia Council grants. Dorothy Hewett Award named after her.

Archives

  • National Library of Australia

In Popular Culture

  • Weevils in the Flour recorded as folk song
  • Plaque on Sydney Writers Walk

Trivia

  • First poem published at age 9
  • Lived on sheep and wheat farm until age 12
  • Edited Communist Party newspaper
  • Had 6 children
  • Attempted suicide
  • Member of the Order of Australia (AM)