Barry Dickins

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Barry Dickins (born 1949) is an Australian author, artist and playwright.

He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir.^[1] Leaving school early he worked in a factory and then as a set-painter for television. Through his association with La Mama Theatre, his first play, Ghosts, was performed in 1974. He has subsequently written a further nine plays. His play Remember Ronald Ryan won him the 1995 Victorian Premier's Literary Award. He has also written short stories, biography and other non-fiction and children's books.

[edit] Bibliography

Drama

• The Banana Bender and The death of Minnie. (Currency, 1981) ISBN 0868190535
• Lennie Lower. (Yackandandah, 1982) ISBN 0868050121
• One woman shoe. (Yackandandah, 1984) ISBN 0868050105
• The Bridal Suite and Mag and Bag: Two plays. (Yackandandah, 1985) ISBN 0868050407
• Beautland. (Currency, 1985) ISBN 0868191302
• The Golden Goldenbergs. (1986)
• The Fool’s Shoe Hotel. (Yackandandah, 1987) ISBN 0868050555
• Royboys. (Currency, 1987) ISBN 0868191779
• Remember Ronald Ryan. (Currency, 1994) ISBN 0868193925

Stories

• Post Office Restaurant and Other Stories. (Pascoe, 1992) ISBN 0947087192

Non fiction

• The Gift of the Gab: Stories from the life of Barry Dickins. (1981; Penguin, 1987) ISBN 0140108661
• What the Dickins! A symposium of pieces from the low life. (Penguin, 1985) ISBN 0140072535
• You’ll Only Go In for Your Mates. (Allen & Unwin, 1991) ISBN 1863731474
• Guts and Pity: The Hanging that ended Capital Punishment in Australia. (Currency Press, 1996) ISBN 086819-424-7
• Articles of Light: Reflections on lowlifes, ratbags and angels. (Penguin, 2000) ISBN 0140297529
• Black and Whiteley: Barry Dickins in search of Brett. (Hardie Grant Books, 2002) ISBN 1740640012 Review

Children's books

• My grandmother. (Penguin, 1989) ISBN 0140122834
• My grandfather: Years of hope and vigour. (Penguin, 1993) ISBN 0140178597
• Joey: A dog for all seasons. (Puffin, 1995) ISBN 0140370919

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[edit] External links

• Interview from The Age
• Drawings
• Saint Dymphna's Bells Poem

Persondata
NAME	Dickins, Barry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian author and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reservoir, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH