Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy
Born26 September 1843
Yering, Victoria, Australia
Died13 September 1912
Claremont, Western Australia
Pen nameTom Collins
OccupationAuthor, poet
GenreAustralian literature

Joseph Furphy (Irish: Seosamh Ó Foirbhithe; 26 September 1843 – 13 September 1912) was an Australian author and poet who is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel".[1] He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins[2] and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic.[3][4]

  1. ^ Nemo, August (9 May 2020). Essential Novelists - Joseph Furphy father of the australian novel. Tacet Books. ISBN 978-3-96799-179-6. OCLC 1156870523.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Lois (1 May 1984). "Joseph Furphy: An Annotated Checklist of Items in Periodicals". Australian Literary Studies. 11 (3): 409–416. doi:10.20314/als.4b3ffbbd09.
  3. ^ Clark, Manning (1981). "Furphy, Joseph (1843-1912)". In Nairn, Bede; Serle, Geoffrey (eds.). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8 1891-1939 Cl-Gib. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ Harris, Rob (15 November 2019). "Fifth-generation Furphys breathing new life into the Australian legend". The Age. Retrieved 17 July 2021.