Morris L. West (1916–1999)
Author of The Shoes of the Fisherman
About the Author
Morris West was born in 1916 in St Kilda, Melbourne. At the age of thirteen, he left home to study with the Christian Brothers Order in Sydney, but left in 1939 after 12 years, before taking his final vows. He was fluent in Italian and French, and taught modern languages and mathematics in New show more South Wales and Tasmania in his twenties. He spent four years code-breaking as a cipher officer in the AIF, and then for a decade he concentrated on producing and writing radio plays. West's first novel was published in 1945 and he began writing full time in the 1950s. He went to Italy were he went undercover with Father Mario Borelli, who was working with street urchins, and wrote The Children of the Sun, published in 1957. In 1959, following six months as Vatican correspondent for The Daily Mail, he published The Devil's Advocate, which won the William Heinemann Award of the Royal Society, the National Brotherhood Award of the National Council of Christians and Jews as well as the James Tait Black Memorial Award. Shoes of a Fisherman, the first of The Papal Series, which included The Clowns of God, Lazarus and Eminence, won the Best-Sellers Paperback of the Year Award in 1965. West helped to found the Australian Society of Authors, was chairman of the National Book Council, chairman of the National Library of Australia and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was made member of the order of Australia (MBE) in 1985 and officer of the order of Australia (AO) in 1997. Apart from writing novels, West also wrote screenplays, radio dramas, plays and was also an artist. Translated into twenty-seven languages, his works have sold more that sixty million copies. He also wrote an account on his spiritual journey, A View From the Ridge, published at the end of 1996. Morris West died while working at his desk on 9th October 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Morris L. West
The Devil's Advocate / The Second Victory / Daughter of Silence / The Salamander / The Shoes of the Fisherman (1977) 19 copies
Scandal in the Assembly: A Bill of Complaints and a Proposal for Reform in the Matrimonial Laws and Tribunals of the… (1970) — Author; Author — 18 copies
Obras selectas 1 copy
OBRAS. MORRIS WEST.- El Abogado de Diablo / La Segunda Victoria / La Hija del Silencio (1964) 1 copy
West Morris 1 copy
Insel der Seefahrer 1 copy
Obras Selectas II 1 copy
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Shoes of the Fisherman | Seven Days in May | To Catch an Angel (1963) 26 copies
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Devil Water | Dearly Beloved | Ring of Bright Water | The Devil's Advocate (1962) 19 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Bel Ria • The Naked Country • The Physicians • Captain Horatio Hornblower •… (1977) 7 copies
Reader's digest Auswahlbücher: Umstrittene Diagnose / Die Söhne des Krieges / Unter Elefanten / Necktes Land (1979) 4 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The High Girders / Half Angel / The Devil's Advocate / Pioneer, Go Home / Flight from… (1956) — Author — 4 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 91 - Harlekin. Mrs. Pollifax macht weiter. Mystische Jagd. Der Engel mit der Posaune (1975) 3 copies
Het Beste Boek 43: Het feest van de achtste maan / De toren van Babel / Maigret en de maniak van Montmartre / Twee uur… (1969) 2 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 40 - Der Künstler. In den Schuhen des Fischers. Der Kampf in der Villa Fiorita.… (1965) — Contributor — 2 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Eagle in the Sky • Stay of Execution • The Salamander • The Boy Who Invented the… (1900) 1 copy
Um pilar de ferro - A travessia de Hell Creek - O advogado do diabo - Flor do mar (1965) — Contributor — 1 copy
Der Turm Von Babel, Fuchsspur, Die Küchen-madonna, Aufstand Der Soldaten, Mädchenmord Mit Voranmeldung (1969) 1 copy
Readers Digest Auswahlbücher: Piratenkurs / Die Farm in den Bergen / Dr. Castell / Der Salamander (1975) 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- West, Morris Langlo
- Other names
- Morris, Julian
East, Michael - Birthdate
- 1916-04-26
- Date of death
- 1999-10-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Country (for map)
- Australia
- Birthplace
- St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
- Place of death
- Clareville, New South Wales, Australia
- Places of residence
- Tasmania, Australia
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
New South Wales, Australia
Austria
Italy
England, UK (show all 7)
USA - Education
- University of Melbourne
Christian Brothers College, St Kilda
Christian Brothers Seminary - Occupations
- monk
novelist - Awards and honors
- Order of Australia (Member, 1985)
Order of Australia (Officer, 1997)
Australian Living Treasure
Members
Reviews
By Morris West - Eminence (2003-02-12) [Paperback] by Morris L. West
A very well written story of life and troubles in the Vatican City. great exploration of the politics of some of Catholic countries that have endured coups and persecution of the population, whether Catholic or not, during the 20th century. You probably need to understand something of the Catholic Church and religion to read it with a level of comprehension.
½
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Statistics
- Works
- 51
- Also by
- 35
- Members
- 6,890
- Popularity
- #3,551
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 169
- ISBNs
- 875
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 7
