Alan D. Mickle

Alan Durward Mickle (20 August 1882[1] – 15 May 1969[2]) was an Australian writer of essays and verse.

History

Mickle was born in East Melbourne, the elder son of David Mickle (died 3 January 1918),[3] and educated at Queen's College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School.[4]

He was living with his mother at 30 Marine Parade, St Kilda, Victoria, in 1919 and married Ida Jeanette Cameron on 16 December 1922.[5] No mention of children has been found.

Works by A. D. Mickle
  • The Great Longing (1910) Jonathan Cape
  • The Dark Tower (1912)
  • Said My Philosopher (1919)[6]
  • The Wee Dog (1922)
  • The Questing Mind (1925)
  • This Age of Ours (1927)
  • Six Plays of Eugene O'Neill (1928) criticism
  • The Poor Poet and the Beautiful Lady (1931)
  • Pemmican Pete and Other Verses (1933)
  • The Great City verse
  • The Pilgrimage of Peer[4]
  • Appartement in Brussels (1940)[7]

References
  1. "At seventy, an artist was born". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 30, no. 17. Australia, Australia. 26 September 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1969-05-16 – via Ryerson Index.
  3. "Wills and Estates". The Age. No. 19, 609. Victoria, Australia. 28 January 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Australian Authors Series". The Australasian. Vol. CXLVI, no. 4, 712. Victoria, Australia. 29 April 1939. p. 43. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 23, 856. Victoria, Australia. 20 January 1923. p. 17. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "A Collection of Essays". The Sunday Times. No. 1737. New South Wales, Australia. 4 May 1919. p. 20. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "New Books". Huon and Derwent Times. Vol. 30, no. 2682. Tasmania, Australia. 29 February 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
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