Ivan Southall
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Ivan Southall (born June 8, 1921) is a celebrated Australian writer, particularly of children's books. Some of his well-known books include Hills End, Ash Road, Josh, and Let the Balloon Go. Also notable is Fly West, a book of true stories based on his experiences flying in Short Sunderland seaplanes during the Second World War.
A retrospective exhibition Southall A-Z: Ash Road to Ziggurat was held in the State Library of Victoria in 1998 and is available online. It includes an interview conducted in 1997, a biography, bibliography and exhibition of covers with information about the books.[1]
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[edit] Awards
Ivan Southall won the 1971 Carnegie Medal for Josh, the first Australian novel to win the award.[2]
Ash Road, To the Wild Sky, Bread and Honey and Fly West won the CBCA Australian Children's Book of the Year. The Long Night Watch was belatedly recognized by the Phoenix Award in 2003.
Ivan Southall was appointed to the Order of Australia in 1981.[3] In 2003 he was awarded the Dromkeen Medal, further recognizing his part in advancing children's literature in Australia.[4]
[edit] Selected bibliography
Non-fiction
- Journey into Mystery (1961)
- Indonesia Face to Face (1964)
- Lawrence Hargrave in the Six Great Australians series (1964)
- Rockets in the Desert: The Story of Woomera (1965)
- The Challenge: Is the Church Obsolete? (1966)
- Parson on the Track (1961)
- Fly West (1976)
Fiction
- Meet Simon Black (1950)
- Hills End (1962)
- Ash Road (1966)
- Let the Balloon Go (1968)
- To the Wild Sky (1968)
- Sly Old Wardrobe (1969) (pictures by Ted Greenwood)
- Josh (1971)
- Bread and Honey (1971)
- The Long Night Watch (1983)
- Blackbird (1988)
- Ziggurat (1997)
[edit] Notes
- ^ CMIS Focus on Fiction
- ^ Josh at ILAB
- ^ Information from Penguin Australia
- ^ Dromkeen Medal. Scholastic. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
