Ronald McKie

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Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie (born 11 December 1909) is an Australian novelist. Ronald McKie was born in 1909 in Toowomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a journalist on newspapers in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore and China. He served in the AIF during World War II from 1942-43, following which he served as war correspondent for several Australian and UK newspapers. After the war he worked for the "Sydney Daily Telegraph".

Ronald McKie died in 1991.

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[edit] Awards

Miles Franklin Award The Mango Tree, 1974
FAW Barbara Ramsden Award for the Book of the Year The Mango Tree, 1974, joint winner

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

  • The Mango Tree (1974)
  • The Crushing (1977)
  • Bitter Bread (1978)

[edit] Autobiography

  • Bali (1969)
  • We Have No Dreaming (1988)

[edit] Non-Fiction

  • Proud Echo (1953)
  • Malaysia in Focus (1963)
  • Singapore (1972)
  • Echoes from Forgotten Wars (1980)
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