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Henry Lawson
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Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)

Also known as: Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson, Генри Лоусон, هنري لوسون (أديب), 헨리 로슨, ヘンリー・ローソン, 亨利·勞森

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Known works

  • Great Short Stories of the World
  • While the Billy Boils (1905)
  • The bush undertaker and other stories (1970)
  • The loaded dog
  • Henry Lawson (1947)