Hewett, Dorothy Coade

Hewett, Dorothy Coade
▪ 2003

      Australian writer (b. May 21, 1923, Perth, Australia—d. Aug. 25, 2002, Springwood, N.S.W., Australia), rebelled against the comforts of a conventional lifestyle to embrace progressivist causes in her life and her work. A self-styled “modern Romantic,” Hewett crossed genres, composing poetry, plays, novels, and stories. Her first novel, the social realist Bobbin Up (1959), drew on her experience as a textile worker and a member of the Communist Party. With her second husband, Merv Lilley, she wrote the verse collection What About the People! (1962), which contains some of her greatest poetry. Amazingly prolific, Hewett also composed more than 20 plays, including This Old Man Comes Rolling Home (first produced in 1966) and The Chapel Perilous (1972). Her autobiography, Wild Card, was published in 1990. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1986.

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