Keith Leopold

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Keith Leopold
Born(1920-07-30)July 30, 1920
East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Died1999 (aged 7879)
Australia
OccupationAuthor, novelist, language textbook writer
Genre Young adult, Language Reference
Notable works When We Ran

Keith Leopold (30 July 1920 - 1999) was an Australian author of English, French and German language adventure novels for children and young adults, and German Language Reference books. He was born in East Maitland, New South Wales in 1920 and died in 1999. [1]

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Biography

Early life

Leopold completed a German Honours course at the New England University College of the University of Sydney in 1942. The campus would later become the University of New England, effectively making him an alumnus of both universities.

He went on to serve in Australian Special Intelligence and later joined the Department of External Affairs.

In 1946 he joined the German Department of the University of Sydney as academic staff, and in 1947 became head of German at Queensland University.

He travelled extensively in Europe, especially Germany and spent time living there. In 1973 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services to the study of German in Australia.

Bibliography

Film adaptations

In 1986, the novel When We Ran was adapted as a screenplay by Graham Hartley for the film Run Chrissie Run!, [3] directed by Chris Langman and starring Carmen Duncan and Red Symons.

Awards

In 1985 When We Ran won the Avis Page award [4] from WAYBRA, the West Australian Young Readers Book Award [5] for Highest ranked Australian book on the older readers' list.

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References

  1. "Keith Leopold | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories".
  2. Fleur. Eldorado. 1993. ISBN   9781864120059.
  3. "Run Chrissie Run! (1984) - IMDb". IMDb .
  4. "Literary Awards | Harmony test".
  5. "WAYRBA - West Australian Young Reader's Book Award". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-11.