Diane Armstrong (born 1939) is an Australian novelist, biographer and freelance journalist and travel writer.

Diane Armstrong
BornDanuta Julia Boguslawski
1939 (age 84–85)
Kraków, Poland
OccupationNovelist, biographer, freelance journalist and travel writer
Notable worksMosaic
SpouseMichael Armstrong
Children2, daughter and son
Website
www.dianearmstrong.com

Early life and move to Australia

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Armstrong was born Danuta Julia Boguslawski in 1939 in Kraków, Poland, the family moving to Lwów soon after the Nazi invasion. She came to Australia on the SS Derna with her parents in November 1948, clearing customs in Melbourne, before disembarking in Brisbane. Six months later the family moving to Sydney. Her father was a dentist who had to re-qualify before he could practice in Australia.[1]

Awards and recognition

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Works

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Non-fiction

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  • Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations, Random House, Sydney, 1998 ISBN 0091837138; St Martin's Press, New York, 2001 ISBN 0312274556
  • The Voyage of Their Lives: The Story of the SS Derna and its Passengers, Flamingo, Sydney, 2001 ISBN 9780732268268

Fiction

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References

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  1. ^ van Teeseling, Ingeborg (5 April 2016). "Diane Armstrong". Australia Explained. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Mosaic". HarperCollins Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Diane Armstrong". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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