Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964

Genoni, Paul; Dalziell, Tanya

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Authors

Genoni, Paul

Dalziell, Tanya

Date

2018

Type

Book

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

School

School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry

Remarks

Non-fiction winner, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2019. https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/current-awards/half-perfect-world-writers-dreamers-and-drifters-hydra-1955-1964

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76768

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Half the Perfect World tells the story of the post-war international artist community that formed on the Greek island of Hydra, which centred on Australian writers George Johnston and Charmian, and included Canadian poet, novelist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.