Henry Lawson

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Henry Lawson was a prominent Australian writer and poet, celebrated for his vivid depictions of bush life and working-class struggles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf human
poet
short story writer
burialPlace Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, Australia
causeOfDeath cerebral haemorrhage
child Bertha Lawson
Jim Lawson
commemoratedBy Henry Lawson Memorial, The Domain, Sydney
appearance on Australian postage stamps
contemporaryOf Banjo Paterson
countryOfCitizenship Australia
dateOfBirth 1867-06-17
dateOfDeath 1922-09-02
describedAs one of Australia’s greatest short story writers
educatedAt Bush schools in New South Wales
familyName Lawson
father Niels Hertzberg Larsen
fullName Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson
genre poetry
realist fiction
short story
givenName Henry
honor state funeral in New South Wales
influenced Australian literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Louisa Lawson
motherOccupation publisher
suffragist
movement Australian realism
notableFor depictions of Australian bush life
portrayals of working-class struggles
notableWork Faces in the Street
In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses
Joe Wilson and His Mates
On the Track
Over the Sliprails
The Drover’s Wife
While the Billy Boils
occupation journalist
poet
writer
periodActive early 20th century
late 19th century
placeOfBirth Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
placeOfDeath Abbotsford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
religion agnosticism
spouse Bertha Bredt Jr.
struggle alcoholism
wroteFor The Bulletin

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