-
You must be logged in to Tag Records
John Thompson interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 1745398
Format AudioAudio
Author
Thompson, John, 1907-1968
 
Access Conditions Open access for research & personal copies; permission of literary executor for public use of interviewee's readings of own works. 
Description 1966 Oct. 5. 
3 sound tape reels (ca. 90 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 178-180

Summary

Thompson speaks about his youth ; influences on his literary career ; education ; becoming an announcer for the ABC ; joining the army ; travelling for the ABC ; the Australian environment for writers ; comments on various poems he has written ; his method of working on a poem ; Thompson reads a poem about the drought.

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (39 p.) 
Subjects Thompson, John, - 1907-1968 - Interviews.  |  Australian poetry.  |  Poets, Australian - Interviews.  |  Radio announcers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Poetry - Readings.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984

Online

    In the Library

    Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library card.

    Details Collect From
    ORAL TRC 1/178-180
    Copy: Recording
    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
    ORAL TRC 1/178-180 (transcript)
    Copy: Transcript
    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

    Order a copy

    -

    Copyright or permission restrictions may apply. We will contact you if necessary.


    Members of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori communities are advised that this catalogue contains names and images of deceased people. All users of the catalogue should also be aware that certain words, terms or descriptions may be culturally sensitive and may be considered inappropriate today, but may have reflected the author's/creator's attitude or that of the period in which they were written.