Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson ( born Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson , February 17, 1864 , Naramble , New South Wales - February 5, 1941 , Sydney ) is an Australian poet, author of ballads and poems, which takes place in rural Australia. Paterson's best-known work, The Waltzing Matilda, is often regarded as an unofficial anthem of Australia [2] . The portrait of Paterson is depicted on a bill of 10 Australian dollars .
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| Birth name | Andrew Barton Paterson |
| Aliases | Banjo Paterson |
| Date of Birth | February 17, 1864 |
| Place of Birth | Naramble , New South Wales , Australia |
| Date of death | February 5, 1941 (aged 76) |
| Place of death | Sydney Australia |
| Citizenship |  Australia |
| Occupation | poet , journalist |
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Only a small number of Paterson's poems have been translated into Russian.
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Biography
Andrew Barton Paterson was born in New South Wales in 1864 , the eldest of seven children in the family. His father, Andrew Bogle Paterson, was an immigrant from Scotland, his mother, Isabella Paterson, nee Barton, was a relative of the future Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Burton . Until the age of ten, the future poet lived on a family ranch in Illalong . His father, who did not achieve much success in raising sheep, was forced to sell the ranch, but remained the manager on it. Then, Andrew Patterson Jr. attended high school in Sydney , living with his grandmother on his mother's side. Later he received a law degree and until 1899 worked as a solicitor , after which he began to earn a living as a journalist.
At the end of 1889, Paterson, under the pseudonym "The Banjo " ( Eng. The banjo ) published in the Sydney magazine " The Bulletin ", published for residents of rural Australia, the first poem, Eng. Clancy of The Overflow . He continued to publish regularly in The Bulletin under a pseudonym until his first poetic collection, The Man from the Snowy River and Other Verses , was released in 1895 , in which the pseudonym was revealed .
In 1899, Paterson hired a job as a correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper and traveled to South Africa, from where he broadcast reports on the Boer War . He then went to China to cover the Boxer Uprising , but by the time he arrived, the uprising had already ended. Returning through London to Sydney, Paterson traveled around Australia for some time, lecturing about his South African experience. In 1903, he married Alice Emily Walker . They had two children, Grace ( 1904 ) and Hugh ( 1906 ).
Paterson was later the editor of Sydney Evening News , then Town and Country Journal . During the First World War he went to Europe, worked as a driver in France and in the rear Australian units in Egypt. Upon his return to Australia, he began to earn a living as a literary activity. He released three collections of poems - in addition to the already mentioned, "The guy from the Snow River and other poems," also in English. Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses ( 1902 ) Saltbush Bill JP and Other Verses ( 1917 ). All three were reprinted in 1921 in one volume. He also published two novels - English. An Outback Marriage ( 1906 ) The Shearer's Colt ( 1936 ), a collection of short stories in English. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories ( 1917 ) and a book of memoirs Happy Dispatches ( 1934 ).
Andrew Barton Paterson died of a heart attack in Sydney on February 5, 1941 . Buried in Sydney.
Creativity
Banjo Paterson is primarily known for his ballads, which take place in the Australian bush (for this genre, the main representative of which is Paterson, there is even a special term - bush ballads, English Bush ballads ). The heroes of ballads written in the first and third person are farmers and hunters. These ballads were and remain extremely popular. Paterson may be considered the most famous Australian poet of all time. According to the London Literary Yearbook , Paterson's debut collection, The Boy from the Snow River and Other Poems, has read more people than any other English-language author, with the exception of Rudyard Kipling [3] . Paterson's work was criticized, first of all by his compatriot Henry Lawson for the simplicity of motives and the idealization of rural life by a city dweller. Paterson wrote an answer to Lawson, in which, in turn, praised the works of the latter as gloomy and pessimistic.
Ballads have traditionally arisen in the border areas, with the development of new lands. Paterson's ballads follow the same tradition and introduce readers to the pioneers exploring the world of the Australian bush.
For all its enormous popularity, Paterson cannot be called a fully successful poet. Many of his works are regarded as insufficiently polished and as disappointing. On the other hand, Paterson's best ballads are well-known among the Australians, many lines have become common nouns.
Notes
- B BNF ID : Open Data Platform - 2011.
- ↑ The National Library of Australia
- ↑ The Works of Banjo Paterson, Wordsworth Poetry Library, Ware (Hertfordshire), 1995, p. VII, ISBN 1-85326-430-X
Links
- The Works of Banjo Paterson, Wordsworth Poetry Library, Ware (Hertfordshire), 1995, ISBN 1-85326-430-X
- Banjo Paterson in English Wikisource
- Biography, Dictionary of Australian Biography
- Clement Semmler. Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo) (1864 - 1941) . Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11 pp 154-157. Melbourne University Press (1988). Date of treatment April 3, 2008. Archived March 29, 2012.
- The poem "Priest Riley's Horse"