Colin Thiele

Colin Milton Thiele ( born November 16, 1920 in Eudunda, South Australia, † September 4, 2006 in Brisbane ) was an Australian YA author.

Life

Colin Thiele was born in Eudunda, the fourth of five children of a German -born farmer's family. His grandfather on the paternal side emigrated in 1855 from Germany to Australia. 1941 acquired Thiele at the University of Adelaide an academic degree.

During World War II he was a corporal in the RAAF in the Northern Territory and New Guinea. In 1945 he married Rhonda Gill, with whom he had two daughters. From 1946 to 1956 Thiele taught English at high schools. From 1957 until his retirement in 1980, he then worked in teacher education.

Thiele has published over 100 books of different directions ( children's books, historical biographies, poems, books on education). His literary breakthrough came in 1963 with the book Storm Boy.

Awards and honors (selected)

Works (selection)

Youth books

  • The Sun on the Stubble, 1961 (German sheep thieves in the night boys years on an Australian farm, . In the Valley of the Sun)
  • Storm Boy, 1963 (Eng. The boy and his Pelican, Storm Boy)
  • Blue Fin, 1969 (Eng. The Last Voyage of the Blue Fin )
  • Magpie Iceland, 1974 (Eng. The Island of flute bird )
  • Albatross Two, 1974 ( German struggle for borehole Albatros 2)
  • The Hammer Head Light, 1976 (Eng. The Old Lighthouse )
  • The Sknuk, 1977 (Eng. The Ttupak )
  • Chadwick 's Chimney, 1979 (Eng. The Cave )
  • Pinquo, 1983 ( German Pinquo or the warning of the Penguins )
  • Coorong Captive, 1985 ( German Track in the lagoon )
  • Seashores and Shadows, 1985 (Eng. The shark with the scar )
  • Danny 's Egg, 1989 (English Danny guards a treasure )

Films

  • Storm Boy, 1976, directed by Henri Safran, with Greg Rowe, inter alia,
  • Blue Fin (Eng. The Storm ride the Blue Fin ), 1978, inter alia, directed by Carl Schultz, with Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe
  • The Fire in the Stone, 1984, directed by Gary Conway
  • Gotcha, 1991, directed by Howard Rubie
  • Sun on the Stubble (Eng. Valley of the Sun ) ( TV OFF, 1996), directed by Robert Marchand, Jamie Croft, Josh Picker, inter alia,
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