Desmond O'Grady Desmond O'Grady i(A16456 works by) (a.k.a. Desmond Michael O'Grady)
Born: Established: 11 Dec 1929 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 26 Nov 2021
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Italy,
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Western Europe, Europe,

Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion Departed from Australia: 1962
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1 United Nations and Other Fictions Desmond O'Grady , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , April vol. 65 no. 4 2021; (p. 87-88)

— Review of The Collected Stories of Shirley Hazzard Shirley Hazzard , 2020 selected work short story
1 1 y separately published work icon The Diviner Comedy : A Novel Desmond O'Grady , North Melbourne : Arcadia , 2021 21140572 2021 single work novel

'Dante Alighieri returns for the year 2000 and meets an Australian journalist in Rome. Initially sceptical, the journalist is gradually convinced that it is really Dante on a year’s leave from the afterlife …'

Source : publication summary

1 Two-Way Ticket Desmond O'Grady , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 63 no. 12 2019; (p. 107-110)
1 y separately published work icon Raffaello! Raffaello! : Raffaello Carboni at Eureka, Before and Beyond It Desmond O'Grady , Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2018 14159458 2018 single work biography

'Raffaello Carboni shaped our view of the Eureka Stockade but, before this biography, little was known about the man. Of the 13 tried for high treason after the uprising, he was the only one who had faced a similar charge in his home country where he had already lived through an experience similar to that of the Stockade.

'For Carboni the most significant moment at Eureka was not the Stockade onslaught but the miners’ pledge of solidarity, which showed that those who had come to get gold and get out had become opponents of injustice.

'On his return to Italy, Carboni rejoined the Garibaldian battle for national unity but also surprisingly suggested a ballet of nude aboriginal females [sic] for La Scala Opera house in Milan. He remained unpredictable but his flamboyance should not obscure the fact that, because of his political background, he made a crucial contribution to a key episode in Australian history.

'This new version of a compelling biography shows Carboni as a talented, complex, bumptious but, ultimately, disappointed man who gave Australia more than he gleaned.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 God Did Something For Shirley Desmond O'Grady , 2017 single work biography
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 77 no. 2 2017; (p. 178-182)

'Shirley Hazzard had told me of her gratitude to the de Bosis Vivante
family with whom she had stayed near Siena but only now, after her
death, have I found out more about that family which had such an
influence on her.' (Introduction)

1 Tuscans in the Antipodes Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 143-152)
1 New Zealand Writers, Artists and Others Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 131-142)
1 Tuscany and New Zealand Linked by War Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 108-130)
1 An Australian-Tuscan Artistic Circuit Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 99-107)
1 Studying Tuscany Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 96-98)
1 The Baptised Landscape Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 87-95)
1 Are the Locals Just Stereotypes? Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 83-86)
1 Tuscan by Right of Admiration and Listening to Agatina Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 74-82)
1 Redeeming the Gods Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 67-73)
1 Recharging Batteries Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 57-66)
1 A Tale of Three Cities Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 45-56)
1 Mining for Stories Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 40-44)
1 The Florentine Branch of The Bulletin : An Australian Girl in Florence Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 25-39)
1 Finding Their Passionate True Selves Desmond O'Grady , 2016 single work prose travel
— Appears in: Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo 2016; (p. 6-24)
1 1 y separately published work icon Tuscan Places : Antipodeans Seeking More than Michelangelo Desmond O'Grady , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2016 10681683 2016 selected work prose travel

'What do Antipodeans seek in Tuscany and what do they find? Germaine Greer went from rapture to rejection, Robert Hughes from rapture to Time, David Malouf from disappointment to appreciation and New Zealand troops from Chianti to Florence, which they helped liberate in World War II. The responses have been richly varied during the 150 years Tuscany has been a magnet and a benchmark. Antipodeans have found welcome echoes and unexpected resonances but this is the first time their story has been told with such flair and nuance.

'With contributions by David Malouf, Vincent O’Sullivan & Alan Moorehead'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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