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Allan Scarfe, b.30/3/1931 is an Australian teacher and writer. Gained qualifications from Bendigo Teachers' College (TPTC) and Melbourne University (B.A.,Dip.Ed.) Taught in Australia, England and India (for the Gandhian Movement for Village Uplift). Has published 2 novels, one volume of short stotries and the 14 non-fiction books listed below co-written with his wife Wendy Elizabeth Scarfe. (See separate Wikipedia article) He lives in retirement in Warrnambool, Victoria.

Bibliography

Novels

A Corpse in Calcutta (Seaview Press, Adelaide, 2000) The Dissident Guru (Seaview Press, 2004) The Scourge of Termite-ists (Seaview Press, 2009)

Books by Allan Scarfe & Wendy Scarfe (Joint-authors)

  • A Mouthful of Petals. The story of an Indian village (Heinemann, London, 1967)
  • A Mouthful of Petals (Taplinger Publications, New York, 1967)
  • A Mouthful of Petals (Gold Star Publications, Melbourne, 1972)
  • Tiger on a Rein. Report on the Bihar Famine (Geoffrey Chapman, London, 1969)
  • People of India (Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1972
  • Victims or Bludgers? Case studies in poverty in Australia (Sorrett Publications, Melbourne, 1974)
  • The Black Australians. Aboriginals-the past and future (Lloyd O'Neil, Melbourne, 1974)
  • JP His Biography - HB & PB editions (Orient Longmans, New Delhi, 1978) translated into Hindustani as Jayaprakash Ek Jivan (Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1978)
  • Victims or Bludgers? A poverty inquiry for schools (Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1981`
  • Labor's Titan. The story of Percy Brookfield, 1878-1921- Eds. with Gilbert Roper (Warrnambool Institute Press, 1983)
  • All that grief. Migrant recollections of Greek resistance to fascism 1941-1949 (Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1994) Australia Council Literature Board publishing grant.
  • JP His Biography- Revised Edition (Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1997)
  • Remembering Jayaprakash (Siddharth Publications, New Delhi, 1997)
  • No Taste for Carnage, Alex.Sheppard, a portrait 1913-1997 (Seaview Press, Adelaide, 1998)

External References

Who's Who of Australian Writers, Thorpe, 1995 Chicago/London The Writers Directory, 1986-88 Who's Who in Asia & the Pacific Nations, 1999,2000 Cambridge International Authors & Writers Who's Who, 1998, 1999-2000,2003, 2006, 2008