Geoffrey Dutton

Geoffrey Dutton
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Kapunda (mul) , 2 ga Augusta, 1922
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	Kanberra, 17 Satumba 1998
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	marubuci, art historian (en) , literary critic (en) , biographer (en) , Marubiyar yara da maiwaƙe
Kyaututtuka	gani Christopher Brennan Award Officer of the Order of Australia  (7 ga Yuni, 1976)

Geoffrey 'Geppie' Piers Henry Dutton AO (2 ga Agusta 1922) – 17 ga Satumba 1998) marubuci ne kuma masanin tarihi ɗan ƙasar Australiya.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Dutton a tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Anlaby kusa da Kapunda, Kudancin Ostiraliya a ranar 2 ga Agusta, 1922. Kakansa shine Henry Dutton, "Squire of Anlaby"; iyayensa 'yar kasada ce Henry Hampden Dutton da kuma hazakar zamantakewa Emily Dutton .

Dutton ya girma a gidaje huɗu mallakar iyayensa: Tashar Anlaby kusa da Kapunda; Gidan Kalymna (ko Kalimna) a gefen wuraren shakatawa na gabas, Adelaide ; Ooraminna, a gefen gabar teku a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Victor ; da kuma Rocky Point, wani gidan dutse mai duwatsu da ke kallon Eastern Cove, Tsibirin Kangaroo. An koya masa Faransanci tun yana ƙarami.

Yana da shekaru takwas, an tura shi zuwa Makarantar Shirye-shiryen Wykeham kusa da Belair, wani yanki na Adelaide. Bayan an koyar da shi a gida daga kusan 1934 zuwa 1939, ya tafi Makarantar Grammar Geelong, a Geelong, Victoria, yana kammala karatunsa a 1940.

Dutton ya ji daɗin haskakawa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, yana gyara motar Morris da ake amfani da ita a Anlaby don tattara wasiku don amfani da su wajen bin diddigin zomaye da dila.

Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Adelaide daga 1941 zuwa 1945, yana zaune a Kwalejin St Mark.[1] Ya yi rajista don Turanci, Tarihi, da Faransanci, kuma ya ci gaba da darussan piano a ƙarƙashin Hooper Brewster-Jones.[2] Kafin ya fara, an gabatar da Dutton ga Arthur Boyd, Gino Nibbi, da Max Nicholson. Yayin da yake Jami'ar Adelaide, ya yi rubutu ga jaridar ɗalibai ta On Dit da mujallar avant-garde mai suna Angry Penguins. Malamansa sun haɗa da GV Portus, JIM Stewart, da Brian Elliott.[3]

Daga baya ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Magdalen da ke Oxford.

Sabis na lokacin yaƙi

Geoffrey ya shiga rundunar sojin sama ta Royal Australian Air Force da ke Keswick, Kudancin Ostiraliya, a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1940. Ya yanke shawarar shiga a ranar haihuwarsa ta 18, inda ya raba labarai da mahaifiyarsa a lokacin cin abincin rana a Covent Garden Cafe Archived 2024-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Adelaide. An ɗauke shi aiki a watan Mayu, 1941, da farko a matsayin matukin jirgin sama na aji biyu.

An tura shi zuwa Makarantar Horar da Jiragen Sama ta Firamare ta 1 RAAF a Filin Jirgin Sama na Parafield, a watan Yulin 1941, kafin ya koma Makarantar Horar da Jiragen Sama ta Sabis ta 1 a Point Cook . Daga baya ya sami horo a Makarantar Koyon Jiragen Sama ta Tsakiya RAAF, Tamworth da Makarantar Koyon Jiragen Sama ta Wireless Air Gunnery ta 1 (WAGS) a Ballarat.

Sana'a

A lokacin aikinsa, Dutton ya rubuta ko ya gyara littattafai sama da 200, ciki har da waƙoƙi, almara, tarihin rayuwa, godiya ga fasaha, tarihin fasaha da adabi, littattafan tafiye-tafiye, littattafai ga yara da kuma kasidu masu suka.

A shekarar 1965, tare da Max Harris da Brian Stonier, sun kafa kamfanin buga littattafai na Australiya mai suna Sun Books. Dutton shi ma ya kafa Adelaide Festival da Adelaide Writers Week.

A watan Yunin 1968, an naɗa Dutton a matsayin memba na farko na Majalisar Fasaha ta Australiya.