Gordon Neil Stewart
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Gordon Neil Stewart was an Australian writer.
Stewart was born in Melbourne into a wealthy Australian family with pastoral interests in the Bathurst district of New South Wales. He was a great grandson of Major General William Stewart (1769–1854) Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1827. Stewart received a spasmodic education at The Scots College, Sydney due to his parents' frequent travels, but developed a love of reading from long holidays spent in the library of his uncle's house (Abercrombie House
) in Bathurst. The family moved to Paris when Stewart was in his late teens. He attended an English language school and then studied art. With other members of his family now based in England, Stewart settled in London where he worked from time to time as a journalist and became involved in radical politics. He mixed in literary circles and met Pamela Hansford Johnson
and Dylan Thomas
. He is said to have been banished from the poetry circle of Victor Neuburg, known for his occult interests, for making jokes about 'yogis and bogeys'. In 1936 he married the novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson
(1s 1941, 1d 1944) with whom he collaborated on two thrillers under the name Nap Lombard. When the Second World War broke out he joined the British army and served as an officer in the artillery in India and Burma. After his divorce from Pamela Hansford Johnson, Stewart married Doreen Ellen Coulling in 1950 (1d 1952). Stewart returned to Australia in 1955 and worked in Sydney as a journalist for the mining and construction industry. He retired to Bathurst in 1983 where he died on 15 February 1999.
"Murder's a Swine" (1943, Hutchinson) as Nap Lombard with Pamela Hansford Johnson
"House of Bondage" (1975, Australasian Book Society) ISBN 978-0-909916-67-1
" (1939, Victor Gollancz)
"Convict rebel: Ralph Entwistle" in "Rebels and Radicals" Edited by Eric Fry (1983, George Allen and Unwin, Sydney) ISBN 978-0-86861-285-0.
"The Cloak and Dollar War" (1953, Lawrence and Wishart)
Journey to Hungary" (1950, Hungarian news and Information Service, London) as Neil Stewart
Stewart was born in Melbourne into a wealthy Australian family with pastoral interests in the Bathurst district of New South Wales. He was a great grandson of Major General William Stewart (1769–1854) Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1827. Stewart received a spasmodic education at The Scots College, Sydney due to his parents' frequent travels, but developed a love of reading from long holidays spent in the library of his uncle's house (Abercrombie House
Abercrombie House
Abercrombie House was built in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia in the 1870s by the Stewart family who were Bathurst pioneers. William Stewart came to Australia from England in 1825 as part of the colonisation of the penal colony . William was the Lieutenant Governor General of New South Wales;...
) in Bathurst. The family moved to Paris when Stewart was in his late teens. He attended an English language school and then studied art. With other members of his family now based in England, Stewart settled in London where he worked from time to time as a journalist and became involved in radical politics. He mixed in literary circles and met Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow was an English novelist, playwright, poet, literary and social critic.-Career:...
and Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
. He is said to have been banished from the poetry circle of Victor Neuburg, known for his occult interests, for making jokes about 'yogis and bogeys'. In 1936 he married the novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow was an English novelist, playwright, poet, literary and social critic.-Career:...
(1s 1941, 1d 1944) with whom he collaborated on two thrillers under the name Nap Lombard. When the Second World War broke out he joined the British army and served as an officer in the artillery in India and Burma. After his divorce from Pamela Hansford Johnson, Stewart married Doreen Ellen Coulling in 1950 (1d 1952). Stewart returned to Australia in 1955 and worked in Sydney as a journalist for the mining and construction industry. He retired to Bathurst in 1983 where he died on 15 February 1999.
Fiction
"Tidy Death" (1940, Cassell and Co.) as Nap Lombard with Pamela Hansford Johnson"Murder's a Swine" (1943, Hutchinson) as Nap Lombard with Pamela Hansford Johnson
"House of Bondage" (1975, Australasian Book Society) ISBN 978-0-909916-67-1
Biography
"BlanquiLouis Auguste Blanqui
Louis Auguste Blanqui was a French political activist, notable for the revolutionary theory of Blanquism, attributed to him....
" (1939, Victor Gollancz)
"Convict rebel: Ralph Entwistle" in "Rebels and Radicals" Edited by Eric Fry (1983, George Allen and Unwin, Sydney) ISBN 978-0-86861-285-0.
History
"The Fight for the Charter" (1937, Chapman and Hall)"The Cloak and Dollar War" (1953, Lawrence and Wishart)
Politics
"Background to new Hungary" (1950, Fore publications, London) as Neil StewartJourney to Hungary" (1950, Hungarian news and Information Service, London) as Neil Stewart