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| Born | Royal Tasman Bridges (1885-03-23)23 March 1885 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 14 March 1952(1952-03-14) (aged 66) Sorell, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
| Relatives | Hilda Bridges (sister) |
Royal Tasman Bridges (23 March 1885 – 14 March 1952) was an Australian author. He has been described as "Tasmania's most prolific novelist".[1]
Bridges was born inHobart,Tasmania. He graduated from theUniversity of Tasmania and subsequently worked as a journalist with theTasmanian News,The Mercury,The Australian Star, andThe Age (including as chief parliamentary reporter. He published his first novel,The Barb of an Arrow, in 1909 and wrote prolifically for the rest of his life, completing 36 novels on a variety of themes. Many of Bridges' works were cheap, quickly written paperbacks published by theNSW Bookstall Company.[2] His more "mature" works have been classed within theTasmanian Gothic genre. According to his biographer Anne-Marie Condé, he is "remembered mainly by enthusiasts interested in the literary culture of Tasmania".[1]
From 1930 until his death in 1952, Bridges lived with his sisterHilda Bridges – also a novelist – at their mother's family home Wood's Farm outside ofSorell.[2] He was a close friend ofPhillip Schuler, a fellow journalist who was killed in World War I. He had close relationships with other men and may have been gay.[1]
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