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Joseph Furphy

  • Seosamh Ó Foirbhithe
  • Tom Collins
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Furphy, Joseph
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Gender
Male
Date of birth
1843-09-26
Place of birth
Melbourne
Date of death
1912-09-13
Place of death
Western Australia

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Joseph Furphy (Irish: Seosamh Ó Foirbhithe; 26 September 1843 – 13 September 1912) was an Australian author and poet. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic.

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Australian writer and poet, widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". Died in Claremont, Western Australia.

Last modified: 2023-02-18 (revision #120759)

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Such Is LifeeBook?2019-05-15
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Goodreads Author ID
750155
ISNI
0000000110596838
LibraryThing Author
furphyjoseph
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL553226A
VIAF
44292795
Wikidata ID
Q327500

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