George Johnston (mai rubutun ra'ayi)

George Henry Johnston OBE (20 ga Yulin 1912 - 22 ga Yulin 1970) ɗan jaridar Australiya ne, wakilin yaƙi kuma marubuci, wanda aka fi sani da Ɗan'uwana Jack . Ya kasance mijin kuma mai haɗin gwiwar wallafe-wallafen Charmian Clift. –

Rayuwa

An haifi George Henry Johnston a Melbourne kuma ya yi yarantakarsa a gidan iyali a Elsternwick kuma ya yi karatu a makarantun sakandare na gida kafin ya fara koyo a matsayin lithographer.

Daga baya aka dauke shi a matsayin ɗan jarida na jaridar Melbourne Argus . Ya sami wani suna saboda aikawarsa a matsayin wakilin a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Tare da matarsa ta biyu, Charmian Clift, an tura shi London a matsayin wakilin Turai.

A shekara ta 1951 Albert Arlen ya yi ƙoƙari ya shiga ayyukan Johnston a matsayin marubucin kiɗan sa The Sentimental Bloke, amma bai da sha'awar ba.[1] Johnston ya bar aikin jarida a shekara ta 1954 kuma ya koma tare da Clift zuwa tsibirin Girka na Hydra, inda ya fara rubutu na cikakken lokaci kuma ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar masu zane-zane na duniya na tsibirin, gami da mawallafin Kanada Leonard Cohen da marubuta na Scandinavia Axel Jensen da Göran Tunström . Yayinda yake can ya kamu da tarin fuka. Ya koma zama a Sydney a shekarar 1964.[2]

Kyaututtuka

• Kyautar Miles Franklin don Ɗan'uwana Jack, 1964
• Kyautar Miles Franklin don Tsabtace Straw don Babu, 1969
• Gasar wallafe-wallafen Sydney Morning Herald don Babban Kwarin, 1948