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Morris West


 

Morris Langlo West (April 26, 1916 - October 9, 1999) was an Australian writer. West was born in St Kilda, Victoria and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1937, and worked as a teacher in New South Wales and Tasmania.

Bibliography

Fiction

  • Moon in My Pocket (1945) (using the pseudonym "Julian Morris")
  • Gallows on the Sand (1956)
  • Kunda (1956)
  • Children of the Sun (1957)
  • The Big Story (1957)
  • The Second Victory (1958)
  • McCreary Moves In (1958, using the pseudonym "Michael East")
  • Backlash (1958)
  • The Devil?s Advocate (1959)
  • The Naked Country (1960, using the pseudonym "Michael East")
  • Daughter of Silence (1961)
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)
  • The Ambassador (1965)
  • The Tower of Babel (1968)
  • Sutnis (1969)
  • Summer of the Red Wolf (1971)
  • The Salamander (1973)
  • Harlequin (1974)
  • The Navigator (1976)
  • Proteus (1979)
  • The Clowns of God (1981)
  • The World is Made of Glass (1983)
  • Cassidy (1986)
  • Masterclass (1988)
  • Lazarus (1990)
  • The Ringmaster (1991)
  • The Lovers (1993)
  • Vanishing Point (1996)
  • Eminence (1998)
  • The Last Confession (2003) posthumously published.

Drama

  • The Mask of Marius Melville (1945)
  • The Prince of Peace
  • Trumpets in the Dawn
  • Genesis in Juddsville
  • The Illusionists (1955)
  • The Devil?s Advocate (1961)
  • Daughter of Silence (1962)
  • The Heretic (1969)
  • The World is Made of Glass (1982)

Non-fiction

  • A View from the Ridge: The testimony of a pilgrim (1996) (biography)
  • Images and Inscriptions (1997)

Film adaptations

  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
  • The Devil's Advocate (1978)
  • The Naked Country (1984)
  • The Second Victory (1986)
  • Cassidy (1989)