Elizabeth Kata

Elizabeth Kata (1912 – 4 September 1998) was an Australian writer, best known for "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (1961), which was made into the award-winning film "A Patch of Blue" (1965).

Elizabeth Kata was born of Scottish parents in Sydney in 1912. After marrying a Japanese man in 1937, she lived for ten years in Tokyo.

As well as writing for television, Kata spent two years in Hollywood as a scriptwriter. Her first novel "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (1961) was produced as a film, "A Patch of Blue", that won a Writers Guild of America award in 1965. After the success of the film, the novel was re-released as "A Patch of Blue".

Elizabeth Kata died in Sydney in 1998.

Works

*"Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (1961; re-released as "A Patch of Blue")
*"Someone will conquer them" (1962)
*"Tilda" (1979)
*"Child of the holocaust" (1980)
*"The death of Ruth" (1981)
*"With kisses on both cheeks" (1981)
*"Kagami" (1989)

External resources

* http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A)yV
* http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=author:%22Kata,%20Elizabeth%22&iknowwhatimean=1