Alan Marshall | |
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| Born | 2 May 1902 Noorat, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | January 21, 1984 (aged 81) Melbourne (East Brighton) |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | English |
| Notable works | I Can Jump Puddles (1955) |
| Spouse | Olive Dixon |
| Children | 2 daughters |
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Alan Marshall AM, (2 May 1902 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter.
He received the Australian Literature Society Short Story Award three times, the first in 1933.[1] His best known book, I Can Jump Puddles (1955) is the first of a three-part autobiography. The other two volumes are This is the Grass (1962) and In Mine Own Heart (1963).
- ^ "Marshall, Alan (1902–1984)". Marshall, Alan. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.