Arthur Henry Adams

Arthur Henry Adams (6 December 1872 – 4 March 1936) was a journalist and author.

Biography

Arthur Adams was born in Lawrence, New Zealand, and educated at the University of Otago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and began studying law. He abandoned law, and worked as a journalist in Wellington, where he began contributing poetry to "The Bulletin". He moved to Sydney in 1898, and took up a position as literary secretary to J.C. Williamson. [ "Australian Poets and Their Works", by William Wilde. Oxford University Press, 1996. ]

In 1900 Adams travelled to China to cover the Boxer Rebellion as a journalist for the "Sydney Morning Herald" and several New Zealand papers. He would later return to New Zealand before moving to London in 1902, where he published several works including "London Streets" (1906).

Adams returned to Australia in 1906, he took over from A. G. Stephens as editor of the "Bulletin's" Red Page until 1909.

In addition to his poetry, Adams wrote both plays and novels. His most successful play was "Mrs. Pretty and the Premier", which was produced in 1914 by the Melbourne Repertory Theatre.

Works

Verse

*"Maoriland: and Other Verses" (1899)
*"Collected Verses of Arthur H. Adams" (1913
*"Australian Nursery Rimes" (1917)
*"Fifty Nursery Rhymes with Music" (1924)

Prose

*"Tussock Land" (1904)
*"London Streets" (1906)
*"Galahad Jones" (1910)
*"A Touch of Fantasy" (1911)
*"The Knight and the Motor Launch" (1913)
*"Double Bed Dialogues" (1915)
*"Grocer Greatheart" (1915)
*"The Australians" (1920)
*"Lola of the Chocolates" (1929)
*"A Man's Life" (1929

References

Reflist
*Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= B. G. Andrews, Ann-Mari Jordens|first= |year= 1979 |id=A070011b |title='Adams, Arthur Henry (1872 - 1936) |accessdate=2008-01-16

External links

* [http://www.sonnets.org/adamsah.htm Arthur Henry Adams] -- a collection of some of his sonnets.
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A$Ps AustLit entry] - detailed biographical information on Adams

Persondata
NAME=Adams, Arthur Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=New Zealand-Australian poet and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH=6 June 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH=Lawrence, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH=4 March 1936
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