John Hepworth (writer)

John Hepworth (4 September 1921 24 January 1995) was an Australian author and journalist, best known for his "Outsight" column in Nation Review magazine, which he edited for several years.

Career

He was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia and moved to Perth as a young boy. He attended Perth Modern School.

With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted and served in the Middle East, Ceylon and New Guinea.

He wrote the regular "Outsight" column for Nation Review and was its editor for several years, then contributed to Toorak Times,[1] the eccentric weekly newspaper published by Jack Pacholli (1929-2004).[2]

He also worked for the ABC, earning the attention of ASIO as a Communist sympathiser.[3]

He died from lung cancer.

Family

He had a longterm relationship with writer Oriel Gray, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Nicholas.[4]

Peter Hepworth (1948 2011) had a successful career writing for television, including episodes of The Sullivans, Flying Doctors, The Henderson Kids and Blue Heelers.[5]

Bibliography

For children:

Sources

Wilde, William; H. Hooton, Joy and Andrews, Barry The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature Oxford University Press 1985 ISBN 0 19 553381 X

References

  1. Walsh, Richard (ed.) Ferretabilia ... Life and times of the Nation Review University of Queensland Press 1993
  2. "A Midas touch for failure - Obituaries". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  3. David at 19 July 2006 11:28 PM (2006-07-19). "Beyond Right and Left". Beyond Right and Left. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  4. Fiorovanti, David (3 July 2003). "Oriel Gray, 'playwright of ideas', dies aged 83". The Age.
  5. "Golvan Arts Management: Peter Hepworth". Golvanarts.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  6. "The Long Green Shore, Maximum Russell Crowe". Maximumcrowe.net. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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