Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2016 (Morris Langlo West AO (26 April 1916, St Kilda, Victoria-9 October 1999, Clareville, New South Wales) was an Australian novelist and playwright. He was born in St Kilda, Victoria and attended Christian Brothers' College, East St Kilda. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1937, and worked as a teacher in New South Wales and Tasmania. He spent 12 years in a residence of the Christian Brothers, but left without taking final vows. After leaving Australia in 1955 he lived in Austria, Italy, England and the United States, finally returning to Australia in 1980. Morris West died while working at his desk on the final chapters of his novel The Last Confession) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_West
