Keith Leopold
Encyclopedia
Keith Leopold is an Australia
n author
of English, French and German language adventure novel
s for child
ren and young adults, and German Language Reference books. He was born in East Maitland, NSW in 1920 and died in 1999.
in 1942.
He went on to serve in Australian Special Intelligence and later joined the Department of External Affairs.
In 1946 he joined the German Department of the University of Sydney as academic staff, and in 1947 became head of German at Queensland University.
He travelled extensively in Europe, especially Germany and spent time living there. In 1973 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services to the study of German
in Australia.
, directed by Chris Langman and starring Carmen Duncan
and Red Symons
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of English, French and German language adventure novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s for child
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
ren and young adults, and German Language Reference books. He was born in East Maitland, NSW in 1920 and died in 1999.
Early life
Leopold completed a German Honours course at the University of SydneyUniversity of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
in 1942.
He went on to serve in Australian Special Intelligence and later joined the Department of External Affairs.
In 1946 he joined the German Department of the University of Sydney as academic staff, and in 1947 became head of German at Queensland University.
He travelled extensively in Europe, especially Germany and spent time living there. In 1973 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his services to the study of German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
in Australia.
Film Adaptations
In 1986 the novel When We Ran was adapted as a screenplay by Graham Hartley for the film Run Chrissie Run!Run Chrissie Run!
Run Chrissie Run! is a 1986 Australian film, directed by Chris Langman. Graham Hartley adapted the script from the novel When We Ran by Keith Leopold...
, directed by Chris Langman and starring Carmen Duncan
Carmen Duncan
Carmen Joan Duncan is an Australian actress.-Biography:Carmen Duncan is known to Australian audiences as a character actress in films and on television...
and Red Symons
Red Symons
Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
.