Saturday, January 1, 2011

RIP Ruth Park, 1917-2010

The great Australian novelist, Ruth Park, passed away recently. Park wrote such acclaimed works as the once shocking The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow, a long-time staple text of English curriculums.

Read The Courier-Mail's obituary here: http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/a-writer-for-the-nations-poor/story-fn6ck8la-1225974019448.

Or The Sydney Morning Herald's: http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/novelist-shone-a-light-on-slums-20101216-18zid.html.

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