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John K. Ewers (13 June 1904 – 1978) was a novelist, poet, schoolteacher and short story writer from Western Australia.〔Ewers, John. K (1983) ''Long enough for a joke : an autobiography'' Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 0-909144-72-9〕〔Bibby, Peter (1982) ''The ultimate honesty : recollections of John K. Ewers, 1904-1978, with some glimpses culled from his works'' / edited by Peter Bibby. Perth () : Fellowship of Australian Writers, W.A. Branch ISBN 0-909497-20-6〕〔Gregory, Jenny, 'Ewers, John Keith (1904–1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138/text17901, accessed 16 July 2011. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, (MUP), 1996〕 He was the second son Ernest Ewers, orchardist, and his wife Annie Eliza, née Gray. When he was 6 his mother died.〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138〕 He was educated at James Street Intermediate and Perth Modern schools, and Claremont Teachers' College. The Australian Journal published (1924) his first short story, under the nom-de-plume, 'J. K. Waterjugs'.〔http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138〕 He wrote early on in his career in Our Rural Magazine, and Walkabout magazine 〔Telegraph linesmen of the Nor'West. Walkabout, Nov. 1938, p. 19-21〕 He was involved in the Western Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian writers and was its President 〔The odyssey of the jolly swagman : presidential address delivered at Ninth Annual Corroboree of the Fellowship (Australian Writers (W.A. Section) ), held at Australian Natives' Association clubhouse, Riverside Drive, Perth, November, 1947. Perth : Fellowship of Australian Writers, W.A. Section, 1947〕 He also co-authored, with Deirdre Ellis Weston, grammar textbooks "English for High Schools" Perth, W.A.: Carrolls,〔http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an4603468〕 "Passport to Understanding" Melbourne : Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1971,〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2712871〕 and "Passport to Adventure" Melbourne : Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1973 〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn630576〕 which were used widely throughout Western Australian schools during the 1950s to 1970s. ==Works== * Money street : a novel (London, 1933) * The story of the pipe-line : being an account of the construction of the Coolgardie water scheme with some chapters on the early history of Western Australia (Perth, 1935) * Fire on the Wind (London, 1935, Hodder & Stoughton) * Tell the people! : an explanation of the little-known writings of Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins) in the light of their value for Australia to-day (Sydney, 1943) * Tales from the Dead Heart (Sydney, 1944) * Men Against the Earth (Melbourne, 1946) * Perth Boys' School, 1847-1947 : the story of the first hundred years of a great school, with a background of the history of education in Western Australia (Perth, 1947) * For Heroes to Live In (Melbourne, 1948) * Harvest and Other Stories (Sydney, 1949) * With the Sun on My Back (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1953) * Who Rides on the River? (Sydney, 1956) * Bruce Rock (1959) * The western gateway : a history of Fremantle (Nedlands, 1971.2nd rev. ed.) * I came naked : a selection of verse 1970-1975 (Black Rock, Vic. 1976.) * Long enough for a joke : an autobiography (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1983) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John K. Ewers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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