Leon Carmen

Leon Carmen (an haife shi a shekara ta 1949)  marubuci ne ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya wanda aka fi sani da yaudarar da ta samo asali daga marubucin littafin My Own Sweet Time —wanda ya rubuta a ƙarƙashin sunan "Wanda Koolmatrie".

 Bayani 
Carmen ya girma a Torrens Park da ke Adelaide kuma ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Unley. Mahaifinsa ya mutu yana da shekaru goma sha huɗu. 

Carmen ta yi aure tana da shekaru 20, amma auren ya ƙare da saki. 

Ya buga kibiyoyi a cikin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban ciki har da Red Angel Panic, kuma ya yi ayyuka da dama, ciki har da: ma'aikacin gwamnati, direban tasi, da mai ɗaukar 'ya'yan itace. 

A kusan shekarar 1995, Carmen ta ƙaura zuwa Sydney. 

 Lokacin Daɗi Nawa 
A shekarar 1994, kamfanin buga littattafai na 'yan asalin ƙasar Magabala Books ya buga My Own Sweet Time,  wanda ake zargin wani labari ne na tarihin rayuwa ta marubuciya Wanda Koolmatrie—wata mace 'yar asalin ƙasar da aka haifa a cikin mutanen Pitjantjatjara a shekarar 1949.  Littafin ya yi cikakken bayani game da yadda aka ɗauke Koolmatrie daga mahaifiyarta a shekarar 1950 don iyayenta fararen fata su yi renon ta, kuma ta zama ɗaya daga cikin Tsararrun da aka Sace. A shekarar 1996, marubucin ya sami kyautar Dobbie Literary Award saboda aikin. 

Lokacin da Koolmatrie ya bai wa Magabala wani ci gaba na littafin a shekarar 1997, mawallafin ya gano ƙaryar kuma lamarin ya bayyana a bainar jama'a.  Gaskiyar cewa "Koolmatrie" ya zama farar direban tasi ɗan ƙasar Australiya mai suna Leon Carmen ya rikide ya zama "bala'i na ƙasa".   A wata hira da aka yi da shi daga baya, Carmen ya ce yana ƙoƙarin shiga kasuwar adabi kuma ya yi imanin cewa ba zai iya buga littafinsa ba tare da yaudara ba. 

Carmen ya bayyana cewa abokinsa kuma wakilinsa, John Bayley, ya san da shirin rubuta aikin a ƙarƙashin sunan barkwanci, kuma ya taimaka wajen zaɓar taken littafin. A shekarar 1997, ' Yan sandan NSW sun tattara "Taƙaitaccen Shaida" game da "Shari'ar 'Wanda'" a kan Bayley. A shekarar 2004 Bayley ya buga wani littafi game da lamarin, Daylight Corroboree: Labarin farko na yaudarar "Wanda Koolmatrie" .

Bugun farko na littafin My Own Sweet Time ya haɗa da kalamai masu goyon baya a murfin baya daga marubuciyar Australiya Dorothy Hewett da kuma daga masanin kimiyya kuma marubuci ɗan ƙasar Australia Philip Morrissey [1] — ba tare da izinin na ƙarshen ba.[1] An haɗa aikin a cikin wani kundin tarihin rayuwar ɗan ƙasar Australiya, kuma an yi amfani da shi azaman rubutu don jarrabawar takardar shaidar makarantar sakandare ta NSW.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1949
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