Kelly, Gwen (1922–)

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Kelly, Gwen (1922–)

Australian poet, novelist and short-story writer. Born Gwen Smith, 1922, in Thornleigh, Sydney, Australia; graduate of University of Sydney.

Fiction includes There is No Refuge (1961), The Red Boat (1968), The Middle-Aged Maidens (1976), Always Afternoon (1981), and The Happy People (1988); poetry published in Fossils and Stray Cats (1980); won 4 Henre Lawson prose awards.

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