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Arnold Christopher "Kit" Denton (5 May 1928 – 14 April 1997), originally Arnold Ditkofsky, [1] [2] was a prominent Australian writer and broadcaster. Denton was born in England and was of Polish Jewish descent. [1] He is the father of comedian and television presenter Andrew Denton.
Jan 1, 1983 · Kit Denton is most famous for his novel The Breaker, a fictionalized account of the life and trial of Breaker Morant and the atrocities of the Bushveldt Carbineers. When it was made into a popular movie by Bruce Beresford, awareness of the incident was heightened, which allowed Denton to spend more time and money on his researches.
Apr 19, 2016 · The scarring memory of his father Kit’s brutal, agonising death prompted Andrew Denton to travel the world researching euthanasia. Now, he wants assisted dying to be legalised in Australia.
Kit Denton was born on 5 May 1928 in England, UK. He was a writer and production manager, known for Breaker Morant (1980), A Dangerous Summer (1982) and Color Me Dead (1969). He died in 1997 in Australia.
There was a Breaker Morant—he was executed at Pietersburg on 27 February 1902. His crime? Wilful murder of civilians. Yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Kit Denton's novel, The Breaker , does more than recount the facts and mystery surrounding Morant's death sentence.
May 18, 2009 · (2007). The persistence of myth: Kit Denton and Breaker Morant. Journal of Australian Studies: Vol. 31, Open to Interpretation, pp. 123-134.
Denton, Kit (1928–1997) in The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (2) Length: 213 words View all related items in Oxford Reference »
