John Hepworth (writer)

John Hepworth

Born| 4 September 1921

Pinjarra, Western Australia

Died| 24 January 1995 (aged 73)
Occupation(s)| Author, journalist
Partner| Oriel Gray

John Hepworth (4 September 1921 - 24 January 1995) was an Australian author and journalist, best known for his "Outsight" column in Nation Review magazine, which he edited for several years.

## Career[edit]

He was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, and moved to Perth as a young boy. He attended Perth Modern School.

With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted and served in South-west Asia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and New Guinea.

He wrote the regular "Outsight" column for Nation Review and was its editor for several years, then contributed to Toorak Times,[1] the eccentric weekly newspaper published by Jack Pacholli (1929-2004).[2]

He also worked for the ABC, earning the attention of ASIO as a Communist sympathiser.[3]

He died from lung cancer.

## Family[edit]

He had a longterm relationship with writer Oriel Gray, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Nicholas.[4] Peter Hepworth (1948 - 2011) had a successful career as a television screenwriter, including writing episodes for such serials as The Sullivans, The Flying Doctors, The Henderson Kids and Blue Heelers.[5]

## Bibliography[edit]

* The Long Green Shore Pan Macmillan Australia (1995) ISBN 0330357034 written for a Sydney Morning Herald literary contest
* Lurie, Morris (ed) John Hepworth ... His Book (a collection of his "Outsight" articles, illustrated by Michael Leunig) Angus and Robertson 1978 ISBN 0207136270
* The Last of the Rainbow Yackandandah Playscripts (1963) ISBN 0868050547
* The Multitude of Tigers (1990)
* (with John Hindle) Boozing Out in Melbourne Town (1980)
* Around the Bend (an account of a 1983 rafting trip he undertook with Hindle and Patrick Amer down the River Murray and filmed by an ABC camera crew)
* Little Australian Library Dynamo House ISBN 0949266000
* (with Michael Leunig) The Almanac of Unspeakable Colonial Acts Dynamo House (1986) ISBN 0949266191

For children:

* (with Bob Ellis) Top Kid Puffin (1985) ISBN 0140084126 based on Ellis's television drama
* (with Bob Ellis) The Paper Boy Puffin (1985) ISBN 0140084150 based on Ellis's television drama
* (with Steve Spears) The Big Wish Puffin (1990) ISBN 0140144625 based on Spears' television drama for Australian Children's Television Foundation

## Sources[edit]

Wilde, William; H. Hooton, Joy and Andrews, Barry The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature Oxford University Press 1985 ISBN 0 19 553381 X

## References[edit]

1. ^ Walsh, Richard (ed.) Ferretabilia ... Life and times of the Nation Review University of Queensland Press 1993
2. ^ "A Midas touch for failure - Obituaries". www.smh.com.au. 11 December 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
3. ^ David at 19 July 2006 11:28 PM (19 July 2006). "Beyond Right and Left". Beyond Right and Left. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2012.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. ^ Fiorovanti, David (3 July 2003). "Oriel Gray, 'playwright of ideas', dies aged 83". The Age.
5. ^ "Golvan Arts Management: Peter Hepworth". Golvanarts.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

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