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Maxwell Edgar Fatchen, AM (3 August 1920 – 14 October 2012) was an Australian children's writer and journalist. Colin Thiele and Rhonnie Thiele with Max Fatchen standing behind at the State Library's 'Colin Thiele Day' in the Mortlock Library on 14 September 2000
Oct 15, 2012 · Celebrated South Australian journalist, poet and children's author Max Fatchen has died aged 92. Fatchen began his writing career in Adelaide in the 1930s and is probably best remembered for the regular columns he wrote, starting for The News afternoon paper from 1948 and later for The Advertiser.
Apr 29, 2014 · Max was a dreamy boy whose early perimeter of life was the fence of the farm; who came to know the clouds, the seasons, the animals and the height of dreams because his father lifted him high and told him about the world.
Oct 14, 2012 · South Australian author and journalist Max Fatchen has died, aged 92. He started his career as a copy boy at The News in Adelaide and became a well-known feature writer, columnist, author and poet. Fatchen once told the ABC of his love of writing in general and of journalism in particular.
Nov 20, 2012 · Max Fatchen (1920-2012) was to become the state's most beloved wordsmith - columnist, journalist, novelist and poet. He also was the columnist with the longest output - producing columns in The News from 1948 and The Advertiser from 1955, right up until, aged 92, he retired.
Max Fatchen died on October 14 in Gawler, not far from where he had spent most of his life on the edge of the Adelaide Plains. He was 92 and had been writing weekly newspaper columns for 64 years. His last column was published just a week before his death.
3 days ago · Max Fatchen. (b. 1920) Quick Reference. (1920–), Australian journalist and writer of novels and poetry for school-aged children. Fatchen's work examines both the wry misadventures of children and the peculiarities of the adult world. Riddles, puzzles ... From: Fatchen, Max in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature » Subjects: Literature.
