Rodney Hall

Rodney Hall ( born November 18, 1935 in Solihull, England) is an Australian writer.

Hall came in 1947 to Australia. After his education he began in 1951 at an insurance company in Brisbane to work. Since 1961 he worked as a freelance writer. In 1962 he married Beth MacPhail; they have three daughters. 1967 Hall was granted at the Australian National University, a Creative Arts Fellowship; In 1971 he completed his studies.

Awards

Works (selection)

The novel The ship on a coin is a satire on the Australian bourgeoisie; Just in relations, he designs a white mythology. Captivity Captive, The second bridegroom and The grisly wife form a trilogy about the violent settlement of Australia.

Poetry

• Pennyless till doomsday (1962 )
• Forty beads on a hangman's rope (1963 )
• The autobiography of a gorgon (1968 )
• The law of karma (1968 )
• A soapbox omnibus (1973 )
• The most beautiful world (1981 )

Novels

• The ship on a coin (1972 )
• Just relations ( 1982)
• Captivity Captive (1988, dt: Trapped )
• The second bridegroom (1991, dt: The second groom)
• The grisly wife (1993, dt: The scary woman )
• The day we had Hitler home (2000)