Ronald McKie
Australian novelist
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| Intro | Australian novelist | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Writer Novelist | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 11 December 1909, Toowoomba | |
| Death | 2 May 1991 (aged 81 years) |
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Biography
Ronald Cecil Hamlyn McKie (11 December 1909 – 2 May 1991) was an Australian novelist. He was born in 1909 in Toowoomba, Queensland. After receiving his education at the Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland, he worked as a journalist on newspapers in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore and China. He served in the AIF during World War II from 1942–1943, following which he served as war correspondent for several Australian and UK newspapers. After the war he worked for the "Sydney Daily Telegraph".
Awards
- Miles Franklin Award and FAW Barbara Ramsden Award for The Mango Tree, 1974, (joint winner)