Les Carlyon
Leslie Allen Carlyon AC (10 June 1942 – 4 March 2019) was an Australian writer and newspaper editor, who was born in Elmore, Victoria in 1942.
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| Born | Leslie Allen Carlyon 10 June 1942 Elmore, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 5 March 2019 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Historian, journalist, newspaper editor |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Melbourne High School |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Genre | Military history |
| Subject | World War I |
| Notable works | Gallipoli (2001) The Great War (2006) |
| Notable awards | Graham Perkin Award (1993) |
Early life
He was editor of Melbourne's The Age, as well as editor-in-chief of The Herald, and twice won the Walkley Award for journalism. In 1993 he won the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award.[1][2]
His book Gallipoli, a popular history of the Allied Gallipoli campaign in the Dardanelles during the First World War (which remains a key event in the Australian and New Zealand national consciousnesses), was published in 2001, and met with critical and commercial success in Australia, New Zealand and England. The book was the basis for the Australian 2015 TV miniseries Gallipoli, released in the year of the 100th anniversary of the campaign.
Carlyon's The Great War, published in 2006, is the story of Australian forces on the Western Front in France and Belgium also during World War I.[3]
In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Carlyon was invested as a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), for "eminent service to literature through the promotion of the national identity as an author, editor and journalist, to the understanding and appreciation of Australia's war history, and to the horseracing industry".[4]
Carlyon died, aged 76, on 4 March 2019.[5]
Awards
- Walkley Award for magazine feature writing 1971
- Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award 1993
- Walkley Award for journalism leadership 2004
- Melbourne Press Club Quill Award for Lifetime Achievement 2004
- Prime Minister's Prize for History 2007 (for The Great War)
References
- Tippet, Gary ‘Carlyon, a character-driven gem’ The Age 4 December 2004.
- Carlyon, Les, Gallipoli, 2001, ISBN 0-385-60475-0, Random House (cover biography notes)
- Carlyon, Les The Great War, Macmillan, 2006.ISBN 9781405037990
- "Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia" (PDF). 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- Wright, Tony (5 March 2019). "Former Age editor and 'man of words' Les Carlyon dies at 76". The Age. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
External links
- Les Carlyon on IMDb
- ‘Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance’; Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration by Les Carlyon; 11 November 2004(transcript and audio)
- Les Carlyon 'The Write Stuff' The Age 21 March 2005
- Transcript of interview, 30 June 2006 by Andrew Denton on ABC television program Enough Rope
- Transcript of interview by Tony Jones 25 May 2007 on ABC television program Lateline
- Les Carlyon and Barrie Cassidy in Conversation: Writer Les Carlyon and sports journalist Barrie Cassidy talk about the interplay between sport and war. This discussion, held at the State Library of Victoria on 19 August 2008, was part of the program of events for the Sport and War exhibition
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| Preceded by Graham Perkin |
Editor of The Age 1975–1976 |
Succeeded by Greg Taylor |
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