Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
Henry Lawson (1867-1922) was born in New South Wales, Australia; the son of a Norwegian seaman who had changed his name from Larson to Lawson. When he was nine years of age, Henry got an ear infection and went partly deaf. By the time he was fourteen years old he was totally deaf. At the age of 16 his parents seperated, and he moved to Sydney with his mother, who already an active campaigner for womens rights, began to publish a feminist newspaper called 'The Dawn'. Lawson married Bertha Bredt in 1896, and they had two children, but it was not a happy relationship and they separated in 1903. In 1888 the Bulletin had started to publish Lawsons stories and poems. Unfortunately, Lawson was also in and out of institutions for his alcoholism, and in and out of jail for failing to support his family. He died on 2 September, 1922, in Sydney.
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