FAVOURITES

“ … Mark … Henry … Walter … “

Dear Boss,
Who are your favourite writers and why?

-Sandy O’Mara, Wyoming, USA.

Mark Twain 30-11-1835 - 21-4-1910

REPLY: The American, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) … because of his spontaneous humour, natural honesty and freedom of expression in all that he wrote.

Henry Lawson 1867 - 1922

The Australian, Henry Lawson … for the same reasons and leaving with succeeding generations , via his prose and verse, his powers of observation and description, and the sharing of his humanistic spirit.

Walter Murdoch September 17, 1874 - July 30, 1970

The Scottish-Australian, Professor Walter Murdoch … for his wonderful, simply-written essays and his ability to reduce the heights of philosophical muse to ordinary, everyday language.

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