Rory Steele is an Australian author and former public servant and diplomat. Born 1943 in Western Australia. Oxford University 1962-66 (BA Hons Modern Languages). Taught Italian in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

1964–65. In 1969 he joined the Australian Diplomatic Service and had overseas postings in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

and Switzerland (Geneva). From 1986 to 1988 he was Australian

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and from 1997 to 2001 was ambassador to

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. In 2007 he won the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards fiction category for his book entitled ''Ghosts in the Helmet Trees''.''Canberra Writers Celebrated'' by Gia Metherell, ''Canberra Times'', 14 Dec 2007

Bibliography

* ''Ghosts in the Helmet Trees'', Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 2006, * ''Obverse and Parallel Lines'', Indigo Press, Canberra, 2004, * ''Academy of the Superfluous'', Ginninderra Press, Canberra, 2006, * ''Diaspora Parliaments'' (co-authored with Bruno Mascitelli and Simone Battiston), Connor Court Publishing, Ballan, Victoria, 2010, * ''The Loveliness of Terror'', 2012 * ''The Heart and the Abyss - The Life of Felice Benuzzi'', Connor Court, Queensland, 2016, * ''Il cuore e l'abisso - La vita di Felice Benuzzi'', Alpine Studio, Lecco, 2017, * ''Ben O'Dowd - Hero of Kapyong'', Hesperian Press, Perth, Western Australia, 2019,

References

Living people 1943 births People from the Australian Capital Territory Writers from the Australian Capital Territory Ambassadors of Australia to Italy Ambassadors of Australia to Albania Ambassadors of Australia to San Marino Ambassadors of Australia to Iraq {{australia-writer-stub