Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton
Born in August 2, 1922 / Died in September 17, 1998 / Australia / English
Biography
Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton AO was an Australian author and historian.
Dutton was born into a prominent pastoralist family in Kapunda, South Australia in 1922. He studied at the University of Adelaide and the University of Oxford. Whilst studying at the University of Adelaide, he wrote for the student newspaper On Dit and avant-garde magazine Angry Penguins. During his career, Dutton wrote or edited over 200 books, including poetry, fiction, biographies, art appreciation, art and literary history, travel books, novels for children and critical essays. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1976, and died in 1998. ..
