Leonard Mann (writer)
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Leonard Mann (15 November 1895 – 29 April 1981) was an Australian poet and novelist.


Life

Leonard Mann was born in
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in Melbourne on 15 November 1895. He was the son of Samuel and Kate Louise Mann and went on to be educated at Moreland State School and Wesley College. After the failure of his father's drapery business in 1913 he left his studies and worked as a clerk in the Public Service before joining up with the AIF during World War I. Mann served on the Western Front before being repatriated back to Britain in 1919 and then returning to Australia. Back in Victoria he resumed his studies at the University of Melbourne, completing a Law degree before marrying Florence Eileen Archer in January 1926. He enrolled in the
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and began writing poetry and fiction, which resulted in the publication of his first novel, '' Flesh in Armour'', in 1932. This subsequently won Mann the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal. During World War II he worked with the Aircraft Production Commission, following which he returned to the Public Service. He continued to write throughout his working life, producing seven novels and four collections of poetry. Leonard Man died at
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on 29 April 1981.


Awards

* 1957
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was an annual poetry award in Australia, given in the name of Grace Leven who died in 1922. It was established by William Baylebridge who "made a provision for an annual poetry prize in memory of 'my benefactress ...
for ''Elegiac and Other Poems'' * 1932
ALS Gold Medal The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ...
for his first novel, '' Flesh in Armour''


Works


Poetry

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Novels

* '' Flesh in Armour'' (1932) * * * * * *


Anthologies

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References


External links


Remembering the war: Australian novelists in the interwar years
''Australian Literary Studies'' 1895 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Australian poets Australian male poets ALS Gold Medal winners 20th-century Australian male writers Australian male novelists Australian pacifists {{Australia-writer-stub