John Hepworth (4 September 1921 – 24 January 1995) was an Australian author and journalist, best known for his "Outsight" column in Nation Review magazine, which he edited for several years.
He wrote the regular "Outsight" column for Nation Review and was its editor for several years, then contributed to Toorak Times,[1] the eccentric weekly newspaper published by Jack Pacholli (1929-2004).[2]
He also worked for the ABC, earning the attention of ASIO as a Communist sympathiser.[3]
He died from lung cancer.
Family
He had a longterm relationship with writer Oriel Gray, with whom he had two sons, Peter and Nicholas.[4] Peter Hepworth (1948 – 2011) had a successful career as a television screenwriter, including writing episodes for such serials as The Sullivans, The Flying Doctors, The Henderson Kids and Blue Heelers.[5]
Lurie, Morris (ed) John Hepworth ... His Book (a collection of his "Outsight" articles, illustrated by Michael Leunig) Angus and Robertson 1978 ISBN0207136270
The Last of the Rainbow Yackandandah Playscripts (1963) ISBN0868050547
The Multitude of Tigers (1990)
(with John Hindle) Boozing Out in Melbourne Town (1980)
Around the Bend (an account of a 1983 rafting trip he undertook with Hindle and Patrick Amer down the River Murray and filmed by an ABC camera crew)
^David at 19 July 2006 11:28 PM (19 July 2006). "Beyond Right and Left". Beyond Right and Left. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
