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Sumner Locke Elliott

サムナー・ロック・エリオット

Samunā Rokku Eriotto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-10-17 （Sydney, Australia）
Died
1991-06-24 （New York City, United States） age 73
Nationality
Australian, American
Languages
English
Residence History
Sydney, Australia → New York City, United States

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright, Radio writer, Screenwriter
Active Years
1931-1991
Affiliations
The Independent Theatre Ltd.

Education

Cranbrook School
Country: Australia

Awards

Miles Franklin Award
1963
Work: Careful, He Might Hear You
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Careful, He Might Hear You

1963 Novel

Autobiographical novel about his childhood raised by aunts after his mother's death amid a fierce custody battle.

FamilyChildhoodIdentity
Adaptations
  • [Film] Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)

Bibliography

  • Careful, He Might Hear You (1963)
  • Some Doves and Pythons (1966)
  • Edens Lost (1969)
  • The Man Who Got Away (1972)
  • Going (1975)
  • Water Under the Bridge (1977)
  • Rusty Bugles (1980)
  • Signs of Life (1981)
  • About Tilly Beamis (1985)
  • Waiting for Childhood (1987)
  • Fairyland (1990)

Adaptations

  • Careful, He Might Hear You adapted into a film in 1983

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Autobiographical narrative
Recurring Motifs
Family dynamicsHomosexualityAustralian society

Health

  • Colon cancer
    晩年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Australian (later American) novelist and playwright known for his autobiographical novel that won the Miles Franklin Award.

Trivia

  • Lost his mother one day after birth due to eclampsia.
  • Came out as gay late in life in his book Fairyland.