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Ray Mathew Ray Mathew i(A16713 works by) (birth name: Raymond Frank Mathew) (a.k.a. R. Mathew)
Born: Established: 14 Apr 1929 Leichhardt, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 27 May 2002 New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
Gender: Male
Departed from Australia: 1960
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1 The Sentimental Bloke Ray Mathew , single work review
— Review of Saturday Afternoon Neilma Sidney , 1959 selected work short story
1 Explanation Ray Mathew , single work poetry
1 Looking for Peyton Place Ray Mathew , single work
1 5 y separately published work icon Tense Little Lives : Uncollected Prose of Ray Mathew Ray Mathew , Thomas Shapcott (editor), Canberra : National Library of Australia , 2007 Z1382613 2007 selected work short story extract 'In the 1950s Australian author Ray Mathew was a young writer with outstanding gifts. Seeking to escape difficulties in his personal life, Mathew left Australia in 1960, never to return. He continued to write until his death in New York in 2003, and his work has rarely received the consideration it deserves. The National Library of Australia's collections contain papers relating to Ray Mathew's life and career and, in particular, unpublished manuscripts from which Tom Shapcott has selected and introduced for publication nine short stories and three chapters from the unpublished novel, 'The Making of Andrew'. These works, written over 30 years, demonstrate many of Mathew's strengths as a writer and illustrate that, though he published little after he left Australia, he continued to exercise his considerable and fluent gift for storytelling.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 One Day i "The sailor leaning on the rail thinks of home", Ray Mathew , 1986 single work poetry
— Appears in: The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 255) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 256)
1 Maudie Hall i "Maudie Hall had dark hair - like woven water;", Ray Mathew , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures 1974; (p. 54)
1 Poem in Time of Winter i "My head is unhappy,", Ray Mathew , 1974 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Voices : A Collection of Poetry and Pictures 1974; (p. 33) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 254-255) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 255-256)
1 Sing for St. Ned Ray Mathew , 1971 single work musical theatre satire
— Appears in: Drama for High Schools 1971; (p. 59-70)
1 2 y separately published work icon Khaki, Bush and Bigotry : Three Australian Plays Three Australian Plays J. P. McKinney , Ray Mathew , Sumner Locke Elliott , Eunice Hanger (editor), Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 1968 Z276465 1968 selected work drama
1 6 y separately published work icon The Joys of Possession Ray Mathew , London : Chapman and Hall , 1967 Z519479 1967 single work novel
1 Untitled Ray Mathew , 1966 single work review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , February vol. 5 no. 11 1966; (p. 91-95)
— Review of The Cats of Venice Hal Porter , 1965 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Charles Blackman Ray Mathew , Melbourne : Georgian House , 1965 Z1245977 1965 single work biography
1 A Year in the Country i "Summer had storms, was the end of the world,", Ray Mathew , 1965 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verse and Voice : A Festival of Commonwealth Poetry 1965; (p. 59) Australian Writing Today 1968; (p. 241-242)
1 29 y separately published work icon The Time of the Peacock : Stories Mena Abdullah , Ray Mathew , New York (City) : Roy Publishers , 1965 Z519582 1965 selected work short story Most of the twelve stories in the collection are narrated by the small Indian girl, Nimmie, who weaves together the sometimes happy, sometimes sad, strands of a mixed Moslem and Hindu Indian-Australian home community in near physical isolation from city or town life.
1 The British and Us : 'Australian' is No Longer Enough Ray Mathew , 1965 single work criticism
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 9 no. 1 1965; (p. 29-31)
1 For a Blackman Drawing i "The eyes have opened only now,", Ray Mathew , 1964 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry 1964 1964; (p. 50)
1 4 y separately published work icon Miles Franklin Ray Mathew , Melbourne : Lansdowne , 1963 Z162607 1963 single work criticism
1 Is Everyone Reading Lawrence? : Hal Porter's Rebels Against Lawson Ray Mathew , 1963 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 12 January vol. 85 no. 4326 1963; (p. 37)
— Review of Coast to Coast : Australian Stories 1961-62 1962 periodical issue short story
1 Verse : On a Painting by Charles Blackman Ray Mathew , 1963 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hemisphere , vol. 7 no. 9 1963; (p. 30)
1 y separately published work icon 'Moonsong' and Other Poems Ray Mathew , Adelaide : Australian Letters , 1962 Z1085047 1962 selected work poetry
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