Porter, Hal

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Porter, Hal
Name (Arabic)
بورتر، هال، 1911-1984
Other forms of name
Porter, Harold Edward
Date of birth
1911-02-16
Date of death
1984-09-29
Associated country
Australia
Field of activity
Drama
Fiction
Poetry
Occupation
Dramatists
Novelists
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1911
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MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 17336686
Wikidata: Q5640891
Library of congress: n 50023218
OCoLC: oca00058632
Sources of Information
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1911)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 28 April 2021(Harold Edward "Hal" Porter (16 February 1911 - 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer.)
  • His A handful of pennies, 1958.
  • His The extra, 1987:CIP t.p. (Hal Porter) data sheet (d. 1984)

Wikipedia description:

Harold Edward "Hal" Porter (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet, and short story writer. He is known for his 1963 memoir, The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony. The Hal Porter Short Story Competition continues to honour his name, awarding a prize of $1000 to the writer of a short story each year.

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