Dal Stivens

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Dal Stivens


Born
in Blayney, New South Wales, Australia
December 31, 1911

Died
June 15, 1997

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"Dal Stivens was born Dallas George Stivens in Blayney, New South Wales in 1911. He worked in a variety of jobs including jounalist, bank clerk, public servant and court reporter. He served in the Army Education Service during the period 1943-44, then the Department of Information from 1944-49, and then press official at Australia House, London during 1949-50. After this stint in London he resigned to take up full-time writing.

Stivens's writing career can be said to start during the time when he was seconded to the office of the Labor Minister Arthur Calwell when he wrote How Many Australians Tomorrow?, and influential immigration text. He then graduated to writing short stories for Lilliput, The Observer, The Times Literary Supplement an
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Average rating: 3.63 · 75 ratings · 16 reviews · 27 distinct works
A Horse of Air

3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions
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Jimmy Brockett

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the demon bowler & other cr...

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Kamenáč Bill

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The unicorn and other tales

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The scholarly mouse and oth...

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Coast to Coast : Australian...

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Well Anyway

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The Incredible Egg; A billi...

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Selected stories 1936-1968

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