Barry Dickins
Barry Dickins (born 1949) is an Australian author, artist, playwright and journalist.
He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir.[1] Leaving school early he worked in a factory and then as a set-painter for television. Through his association with La Mama Theatre, his first play, Ghosts, was performed in 1974. He has subsequently written a further nine plays. His play Remember Ronald Ryan won him the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. He has also written short stories, biography and other non-fiction and children's books.
In 2009, he published his memoirs Unparalleled Sorrow, which discusses his career and his battle with depression.[2] 2015 will see the publication by Black Pepper publishing of A Line Drawing of My Father, a memoir of the authors' father Len Dickins who served in the Second World War and was a commercial printer thereafter. It also gives a portrait of the working class northern suburbs of Melbourne.
He is now writing for Fairfax Media in the Sunday Age as a Journalist.[3]
Bibliography
Drama
- The Banana Bender and The death of Minnie. (Currency, 1981) ISBN 0-86819-053-5
- Lennie Lower. (Yackandandah, 1982) ISBN 0-86805-012-1
- One woman shoe. (Yackandandah, 1984) ISBN 0-86805-010-5
- The Bridal Suite and Mag and Bag: Two plays. (Yackandandah, 1985) ISBN 0-86805-040-7
- Beautland. (Currency, 1985) ISBN 0-86819-130-2
- The Golden Goldenbergs. (1986)
- The Fool’s Shoe Hotel. (Yackandandah, 1987) ISBN 0-86805-055-5
- Royboys. (Currency, 1987) ISBN 0-86819-177-9
- Remember Ronald Ryan. (Currency, 1994) ISBN 0-86819-392-5
Stories
- Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories. (Pascoe, 1992) ISBN 0-947087-19-2
Fiction
- "The Crookes of Epping".Pascoe Publishing, 1984. ISBN 0-9592104-3-1
Non fiction
- The Gift of the Gab: Stories from the life of Barry Dickins. (1981; Penguin, 1987) ISBN 0-14-010866-1
- What the Dickins! A symposium of pieces from the low life. (Penguin, 1985) ISBN 0-14-007253-5
- You’ll Only Go In for Your Mates. (Allen & Unwin, 1991) ISBN 1-86373-147-4
- Guts and Pity: The Hanging that ended Capital Punishment in Australia. (Currency Press, 1996) ISBN 0-86819-424-7
- Articles of Light: Reflections on lowlifes, ratbags and angels. (Penguin, 2000) ISBN 0-14-029752-9
- Black and Whiteley: Barry Dickins in search of Brett. (Hardie Grant Books, 2002) ISBN 1-74064-001-2 Review
- Miniatures: Famous and anonymous souls i collided with. (Flat Chat Press, 2010) ISBN 978-1-921142-57-4
- Barry and the Fairies of Miller Street with Lee, J (Hardie Grant Books 2012) ISBN 978-1-742703-71-8
Children's books
- My grandmother. (Penguin, 1989) ISBN 0-14-012283-4
- My grandfather: Years of hope and vigour. (Penguin, 1993) ISBN 0-14-017859-7
- Joey: A dog for all seasons. (Puffin, 1995) ISBN 0-14-037091-9
References
- ↑ "Dickins, Barry (a.k.a. Dickins, Barry Leonard )". AusLit Database. 2002-09-30. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ↑ http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/book/unparalleled-sorrow-finding-my-way-back-from-depression/6968629/
- ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/fairfaxs-barry-dickins-charged-over-carlton-police-claims-published-in-the-sunday-age/news-story/036f8c2748aae1f0955f89b142b598ed
External links
- Interview from The Age
- Drawings
- Saint Dymphna's Bells Poem
- Interview with Steve Dow
- [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/fairfaxs-barry-dickins-charged-over-carlton-police-claims-published-in-the-sunday-age/news-story/036f8c2748aae1f0955f89b142b598ed
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