Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)
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Colleen McCullough was born on June 1, 1937 in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. She attended Holy Cross College and the University of Sydney. She wanted to pursue a career in medicine but had an allergic reaction to the antiseptic soap that surgeons use to scrub. She decided to study toon meer neuroscience and established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney before working as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. Her first novel, Tim, was published in 1974 and was adapted into a movie starring Mel Gibson. During her lifetime, she wrote 25 novels including The Thorn Birds, An Indecent Obsession, A Creed for the Third Millennium, The Ladies of Missalonghi, the Masters of Rome series, and Bittersweet. The Thorn Birds was adapted into a U.S. television mini-series in 1983, which won four Golden Globe awards. She died after a long illness on January 29, 2015 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Colleen McCullough
The First Man in Rome / The Grass Crown / Fortune's Favorites / Caesar's Women / Caesar (1998) 25 exemplaren
1996 6 exemplaren
The October Horse, Vol. II 3 exemplaren
Uccello di Rovo - I giovedì della signora Giulia — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The October Horse, Vol. I 3 exemplaren
The Grasscrown 2 exemplaren
The Grass Crown, Vol. I 2 exemplaren
Die Ladies von Missalonghi 1 exemplaar
28.- Favoritos de la Fortuna (I) 1 exemplaar
CESARS'S WOMEN (PVL94) 1 exemplaar
La morte in più 1 exemplaar
20.- La Corona de Hierba (I) 1 exemplaar
21.- La Corona de Hierba (II) 1 exemplaar
Tim Autora De El Pajaro Canta Hasta Morir By Collen McCullough ( La Novela Romantica) Spanish Edition 1980 (1980) 1 exemplaar
Colleen McCullough - 2 Books 1 exemplaar
Oiseaux se cachent pour mourir (Les): COLLECTION 40EME ANNIVERSAIRE (LITTÉRATURE ÉTRANGÈRE) (1999) 1 exemplaar
L'indipendenza della signorina Bennet 1 exemplaar
Fűkoszorú 1 exemplaar
The Birthday Present 1 exemplaar
Water is Life: The True Story of Water and the Australian Invention Changing the Way the World Boils It (2016) 1 exemplaar
La Casa Degli Angeli 1 exemplaar
O Primeiro Homem de Roma - Coroa de Erva 1 exemplaar
O Primeiro Homem de Roma - César 1 exemplaar
Tiếng Chim Hót Trong Bụi Mận Gai 1 exemplaar
Tim 1 exemplaar
Pesem ptic trnovk 1 exemplaar
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Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 159 - Bittere Medizin. Die Ladies von Missalonghi. Der Tunnel. Meine Zeit mit Anne Frank (1977) 12 exemplaren
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Long Kill • The Ladies of Missalonghi • Exodus Genesis • Just Another Kid (1989) 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- McCullough, Colleen
- Officiële naam
- McCullough, Colleen
McCullough-Robinson, Colleen - Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Makkalou, Kolin
MacCullough, Colleen - Geboortedatum
- 1937-06-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-01-29
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Australië
- Geboorteplaats
- Wellington, New South Wales, Australië
- Plaats van overlijden
- Norfolk Island, Australia
- Woonplaatsen
- Wellington, Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië
Sydney, Australië
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Connecticut VS
Norfolk Eiland - Opleiding
- Neurofysiologie
- Beroepen
- Schrijfster
Lerares, Yale Afdeling Neurologie
Onderzoekster,Yale Afdeling Neurologie
Neurofysiologe - Organisaties
- 1993: doctoraat in de letteren van de Macquarie Universiteit
Association for the Advancement of Science
Academy of Sciences - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Order of Australia (Officer)
Australian Living Treasure - Korte biografie
- Colleen McCullough was born in Wellington, an outback town in Australia. Her family life was somewhat rough, her mother being rather aggressive toward her and burning any manuscripts of Colleen's she found. In adulthood, McCullough attempted to become a surgeon, but developed an allergic reaction to the surgical soap and switched to neuroscience. After several years working abroad, she received a position at the famed Yale University. It was during this time that she wrote Tim and her most famous novel, The Thorn Birds. Her success forced her to retire from teaching, and she eventually settled on the isolated Norfolk Island, where she lives with husband Ric Robinson, a descendant of the Bounty mutineers.
In recent years, McCullough has completed numerous novels, including the controversial The Independence of Mis Mary Bennet, her Masters of Rome series, and several stand along works. She is a National Living Treasure of Australia and still uses a typewriter to complete her novels.
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ANZAC Author Reading Challenge- February 2015- Cate Kennedy & Maurice Shadbolt in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (maart 2015)
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