Hardy, Frank J.

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1917-03-21

Death 1994-01-28

Nationality: Australians,

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

Marxist novelist, short story writer, playwright, journalist & script writer, born in Southern Cross, Victoria. Joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1939 & served in the A.I.F. 1942-1945. After journalistic and literary apprenticeships he was made famous by the Wren vs Hardy case of 1950-1951 over alleged defamation of Mrs John Wren in his novel Power without glory. He was found not guilty & went on to write novels, plays, TV & film scripts including The Outcasts of Foolgarah (1971); The unlucky Australians (book 1967; film 1973) & But the dead are many (1975).

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1931-1988. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225633018