Les Carlyon
Encyclopedia
Les Carlyon is an Australian writer, who was born in northern Victoria in 1942. He has been editor
of Melbourne's journal of record, The Age
, as well as editor-in-chief of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
, and has twice won the Walkley Award for journalism. In 1993 he won the Graham Perkin
Australian journalist of the year award.
His book Gallipoli, a popular history of the Allied Gallipoli campaign
in the Dardanelles
during the First World War (which remains a key event in the Australian and New Zealand national consciousnesses), was published in 2001, and met with critical and commercial success in Australia, New Zealand and England.
His The Great War, published in 2006, is the story of Australian forces on the Western Front
in France and Belgium also during World War I.
The name Carlyon is of Cornish
origin.
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
of Melbourne's journal of record, The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, as well as editor-in-chief of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
The Herald and Weekly Times Limited is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, who purchased HWT in 1987.-Newspapers:...
, and has twice won the Walkley Award for journalism. In 1993 he won the Graham Perkin
Graham Perkin
Edwin Graham Perkin was an Australian journalist and newspaper editor.Perkin was born at Hopetoun, Victoria, elder son of Herbert Edwin Perkin, baker, and his wife Iris Lily, née Graham, both Victorian born. Graham grew up at Warracknabeal and was educated at the local high school...
Australian journalist of the year award.
His book Gallipoli, a popular history of the Allied Gallipoli campaign
Battle of Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli, took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War...
in the Dardanelles
Dardanelles
The Dardanelles , formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately...
during the First World War (which remains a key event in the Australian and New Zealand national consciousnesses), was published in 2001, and met with critical and commercial success in Australia, New Zealand and England.
His The Great War, published in 2006, is the story of Australian forces on the Western Front
Western Front (World War I)
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...
in France and Belgium also during World War I.
The name Carlyon is of Cornish
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
origin.
Awards
- Walkley Award for magazine feature writing 1971
- Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year Award 1993
- Walkley Award for journalism leadership 2004
- Melbourne Press Club Quill Award for Lifetime Achievement 2004
- Prime Minister's Prize for History 2007 (for The Great War)
External links
- ‘Gallipoli in a Nation’s Remembrance’; Australian War Memorial Anniversary Oration by Les Carlyon; 11 November 2004(transcript and audio)
- Les Carlyon 'The Write Stuff' The Age 21 March 2005
- Transcript of interview 30 June 2006 by Andrew Denton on ABC television program ‘Enough Rope’
- Transcript of interview by Tony Jones 25 May 2007 on ABC television program ‘Lateline’
- Les Carlyon and Barrie Cassidy in Conversation: Writer Les Carlyon and sports journalist Barrie Cassidy talk about the interplay between sport and war. This discussion, held at the State Library of Victoria on 19 August 2008, was part of the program of events for the Sport and War exhibition