John Hetherington (1) (1907–1974)
Teoksen Melba : a biography tekijä
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Hetherington, John
- Virallinen nimi
- Hetherington, John Aikman
- Muut nimet
- Hetherington, Jack
- Syntymäaika
- 1907-10-03
- Kuolinaika
- 1974-09-17
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Australia
- Syntymäpaikka
- Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
- Kuolinpaikka
- Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Asuinpaikat
- Sandringham, Victoria, Australia (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Parkville, Victoria, Australia (death) - Ammatit
- journalist
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- 3.9
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Melba drew a discreet line under her private life. She had lovers – some of them quite famous and wealthy men – but she declined to talk about them. This is very frustrating for biographers but nonetheless a charming and admirable virtue. It seems journalists were quite happy to make up what they did not know.
John Hetherington had a long and distinguished career as a journalist and war correspondent. He had built a reputation as one of the outstanding correspondents of the Second World War. Profoundly respectful of ordinary people caught up in conflict, he wrote in 1956 that 'the courage of the unheroic is the most sublime courage of all'. He wrote for a number of Australian newspapers, “The Herald”, “The Argus” and, after a brief stint as an editor-in-chief of the “Adelaide News”, as a regular columnist with “The Age”. In later years he moved away from journalism to writing in the longer form. His journalistic craft is apparent in this book. It is not a dry academic treatise but an enjoyable and extremely readable exposition of a great artist’s life. Those with an interest in Australian history and/or music will love it.
For further information on Dame Nellie Melba or John (Jack) Hetherington see the Australian Dictionary of Biography online.… (lisätietoja)