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Paul Wenz Paul Wenz i(A16502 works by)
Also writes as: Paul Warrego
Born: Established: 18 Aug 1869 Reims,
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France,
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Aug 1939 Forbes, Forbes area, Parkes - Forbes area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1892
Heritage: French
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1 1 y separately published work icon Their Fathers' Land : For King and Empire Paul Wenz , ( trans. Marie Ramsland )expression Exile Bay : ETT Imprint , 2018 14138153 2018 selected work short story prose

'In Egypt, in Gallipoli and in France, they are many who sleep beneath a small wooden cross and each cross will testify to people over there that we from downunder knew how to fight for a noble idea.

'In this WW1 novel, published in English for the first time, Jim and Dick are two lively boys from the bush, along with 20,000 other Australians and New Zealanders, who embarked on what seemed to be a great adventure when they enlisted in the 1st AIF - to fight for 'King and Empire'. Their experience is cut short when both are seriously wounded on the Gallipoli peninsula. They find themselves in beds next to each other on a hospital ship headed for England. As they slowly recover, they discover the 'old country' of their ancestors. Unfortunately, they fall for the same young English nurse and a love triangle emerges to trouble their futures.

'French/Australian author Paul Wenz based his novel and short stories on personal experience as an immigrant grazier in central NSW and working for the Red Cross in France and London during World War I. The writing is simple, at times poetic and humorous, instinctively seductive, devoid of convention and banality.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Recits du Bush: trois nouvelles australiennes Paul Wenz , Boulogne-Billancourt : Petite Maison , 1998 Z1509210 1998 selected work short story
1 Jack London Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work prose
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 141-142)
1 Lone Joe Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 134-140)
1 The Gazelle Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 129-133)
1 The Spoonbill Hut Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 97-103)
1 Picky Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 78-89) Recits du Bush: trois nouvelles australiennes 1998;
1 Jim and Jack Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 73-77)
1 Charley Paul Wenz , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 67-72)
1 How Bill Larkins Went to the Paris Exhibition Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work short story
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 55-66)
1 9 y separately published work icon Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman (editor), Patricia Brulant (translator), Margaret Whitlam (translator), Maurice Blackman (translator), North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1990 Z361430 1990 selected work criticism novella short story prose correspondence biography 'These stories have not been widely known - they were "lost" to us temporarily...Even though Wenz was from another culture he seems to have been inescapably enfolded in the Australian bush mythology.' (Source: Frank Moorhouse, Preface)
1 Advice to New Chums (from Diary of a New Chum) Paul Wenz , 1990 extract
— Appears in: The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 181)
1 Correspondence with Andre Gide Paul Wenz , Maurice Blackman , Patricia Brulant , Margaret Whitlam , 1990 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 145-165)
1 y separately published work icon Le Lerot reveur (Special Issue) A La Recherche D'Un Ecrivain Perdu : Paul Wenz, Francais Et Australien no. 46 December Paul Wenz , Jean-Paul Delamotte (editor), Aigre : Lerot , 1987 Z611742 1987 periodical issue short story biography correspondence prose
1 Diary of a New Chum Paul Wenz , 1985 extract novella (Diary of a New Chum)
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Magazine , 6-7 July 1985; (p. 12)
1 Australian Correspondence Paul Wenz , Christopher Brennan , Miles Franklin , 1937 1937 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Diary of a New Chum and Other Lost Stories 1990; (p. 166-175)
4 5 y separately published work icon L'Echarde Paul Wenz , Paris : Editions de la Vraie France , 1931 Z28407 1931 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Il Etait Une Fois un Gosse Paul Wenz , Paris : Editions de la Vraie France , 1930 Z121985 1930 selected work short story prose humour
2 4 y separately published work icon Le Jardin des Coraux A Coral Eden Paul Wenz , Paris : Calmann-Lévy , 1929 Z122377 1929 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Choses d'Hier Paul Wenz , Paris : Berger-Levrault , 1919 Z122279 1919 selected work short story
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