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| Record Id: | 000035141054 permalink |
| Heading: | Cusack, Dymphna, 1902-1981
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| Used For: | Cusack, Ellen Dymphna, 1902-1981 Cusacková, D., 1902-1981 Freehill, Dymphna, 1902-1981 Kjusak, Dymfna, 1902-1981 Kjuzek, Dimfna, 1902-1981 Kjūsaka, Dimfna, 1902-1981 Kyowsak, Dimfna, 1902-1981 Kysak, Dimfna, 1902-1981 Kʹi︠u︡sak, Dimfna, 1902-1981
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| Notes: | The playwright and novelist Ellen Dymphna Cusack, born in 1902, graduated from the University of Sydney in 1925. Despite being of fragile health, she taught in schools across country NSW for almost 20 years. She published her first novel, Jungfrau, in 1936. Cusack.s first literary collaboration - Pioneers on Parade (1939) - was with Miles Franklin. After retiring, she wrote Come in Spinner (1951) with Florence James, which dwelt on controversial issues, such as prostitution and abortion, and was an immediate sensation. It was finally published unabridged in 1988, and became an ABC TV series in 1989. After the war, Cusack travelled through Europe, China and Russia for 20 years with her partner Norman Freehill, a journalist and member of the Communist Party. She wrote nine more novels - including Southern Steel (1953), Picnic Races (1962), Black Lightning (1964) and The Half-Burnt Tree (1969) - and several plays, before her death in 1981.
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| Local System Number: | (AuCNL)16934 000000141785 abv02088282
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| Cataloguing Source: | AuCNLKIN eng
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| Authentication Code: | anuc
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