亨利·勞森

亨利·勞森（Henry Lawson、），澳大利亞小說家和詩人，澳洲本土文化的創始人之一，生於勞動貧民家庭。父親是挪威人，1866年移居澳洲，最早是金礦工人，後來經營農耕。勞森只念過三年書，14歲就開始工作，當過油漆工、鋸木工、電報線路工。生活非常艱難。他很早就在報紙上發表詩歌、散文與小說，內容大多描寫了澳洲叢林生活、淘金者、農場經營、剪羊毛工人、城市貧民的革命風暴等，體現了澳洲本土文化特色和獨有的風格，呈现出一幅澳大利亚劳动人民的生活图景。亨利·勞森主要以短篇小說蜚聲文壇，出版過詩集《在海闊天空的日子裡》、短篇小說集《當罐裡的水沸騰的時候》。

 詩集 
 While the Billy Boils (1896)
 On the Track (1900)
 Over The Sliprails (1900)
 The Country I Come From (1901)
 In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses
 Joe Wilson and His Mates (1901)
 Verses: Popular and Humorous
 The Romance of the Swag (1907)
 Send Round the Hat (1907) 
 The Rising Of The Court, and Other Sketches in Prose and Verse (1910)
 Triangles of Life and Other Stories (1913)
 Children of the Bush

 最著名的詩與短篇小說 
 "Andy's Gone with Cattle" (poem)
 "Freedom on the Wallaby" (poem, 1891)
 "Saint Peter" (poem, 1893)
 "Scots of the Riverina" (poem, 1917)
 "The Teams" (poem, 1896)
 "Up The Country" (poem, 1892)
 "The Drover's Wife" (short story, 1892)
 "The Bush Undertaker" (short story, 1892)
 "The Loaded Dog" (short story, 1901)
 "The Iron-Bark Chip" (short story,1900)
 "Steelman's Pupil" (short story)
 "The Geological Spieler" (short story, 1896)
 "A Child in the Dark, and a Foreign Father" (short story, 1902)
 "The Union Buries Its Dead" (short story, 1893)
 "A Neglected History" (essay)
 "Australian Loyalty" (essay, 1887)
 "United Division" (essay, 1888)

Category:澳大利亚作家