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John Strano John Strano i(A33273 works by) (a.k.a. John Michael Strano)
Born: Established: 1929 Ingham, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Of Spanish-Italian-Australian descent, Strano left school at thirteen and worked in the local sawmill, then as a salesman and an insurance representative. He won prizes for his poetry and contibuted to magazines such as Luna, Imago and the Brisbane-produced poetry journals Chimera and Germinal. In 2007 he turned to children's short story writing,

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2013 highly commended W. B. Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia for The Young Great White.
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