John Bryson (author) explained

John Bryson
Birth Date:25 December 1935
Birth Place:Melbourne, Australia
Death Place:Sydney, Australia
Occupation:Writer
Genre:Biography, fiction, non-fiction

John Bryson AM (25 December 1935 – 5 February 2022) was an Australian author and lawyer. He wrote works of fiction, biography and non-fiction.

Life

Bryson was born in Melbourne on 25 December 1935.[1] He attended the University of Melbourne, where he studied law.[2]

Career

In 1971, after practising law for 10 years, first as a solicitor and later as a barrister, he became chairman and managing director of a Melbourne public company. In 1978, he rejoined the Victorian Bar. He was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council, later becoming acting chairman.

Works

Since 1973, Bryson's articles and stories have been published in Australian newspapers.

Bryson's best known work is his 1985 book Evil Angels: The Case of Lindy Chamberlain which chronicles the story of Lindy Chamberlain's trial for murder, following the Death of Azaria Chamberlain. It was made into a film of the same name starring Meryl Streep in 1988. It was released under its original title in Australia and New Zealand and as A Cry in the Dark in other English-speaking territories, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. It is also known by similar titles internationally.[3]

Bryson was also the author of a 1981 collection of short fiction, Whoring Around, and a collection of reportage, Backstage at the Revolution. His novel of the Spanish Civil War, To the Death, Amic, was published by Viking in 1994 and as Hasta la Muerte, Amigo by Editorial Milenio Spain in 2006. In 2004 he originated and co-produced Secrets of the Juryroom, a documentary for SBS-TV.

In 2013, he was published in eBook format for his works of both fiction and non-fiction.[4] Many of the non-fiction titles included collections of articles he had published as a journalist.

He died in Sydney on 5 February 2022, at the age of 86.[5] [6]

Awards

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)d! AustLit
  2. Bryson, J (1985), p.i.
  3. Web site: A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates . IMDb.com. 14 June 2012.
  4. Web site: John Bryson. Australian Society of Authors. 10 January 2017.
  5. News: Craven . Peter . 'An extraordinary man': farewell to author of Lindy Chamberlain masterpiece . 12 February 2022 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 10 February 2022.
  6. Web site: John Bryson death notice . The Sydney Morning Herald . 12 February 2022 . 7 February 2022.
  7. Web site: Book Awards. LibraryThing. 10 January 2017.
  8. Web site: Nettie Palmer Prize for Australian Nonfiction 1986. LibraryThing. 10 January 2017.
  9. Web site: Gold – Non-Fiction 1986. Crime Readers Association. 10 January 2017.
  10. Web site: MEMBER (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA pge 9. Governor General Australia. 10 January 2017.

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