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Sumner Locke Elliott

Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)

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Born
October 17, 1917
Died
June 24, 1991
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1917

About Sumner Locke Elliott

Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991) Elliott's best known novel, Careful, He Might Hear You, won the 1963 Miles Franklin Award and was turned into a film in 1983. Elliott became an actor and writer with the Doris Fitton's The Independent Theatre Ltd. Elliott was raised by his aunts, who had a fierce custody battle over him, fictionalised in Elliott's autobiographical novel, Careful, He Might Hear You.

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The world when Sumner Locke Elliott was born

Sumner Locke Elliott was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sumner Locke Elliott's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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