David Martin (22 December 1915 - 1 July 1997), known as an Australian poet, was born Lajos or Ludwig Detsinyi, into a Jewish family in Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary). Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic He used as well the names Louis Adam and Louis Destiny. He also wrote novels and short stories, and plays.

He was brought up in Germany, where he first became a communist at age 17. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based He then worked in the Netherlands, and emigrated to Palestine. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. He fought in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, writing about this in My Strange Friend (1991); and then worked for the BBC in London from 1938. The International Brigades were Republican Military units in the Spanish Civil War, formed of many non-state sponsored volunteers of different countries The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. After World War II he settled in Australia from 1950, making his mark with the satirical poem Rob the Robber (1954). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1991 he was given the Patrick White Award for important though under-recognised writers. The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White.

Works

• Poems of David Martin 1938-58 (1958)
• The gift: poems 1959-65 (1966)