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Harry Richard MacLure

Born: 17th October 1959

Place of Birth: Trichinopoly, South India

Occupation: Editor, Writer, Illustrator, Filmmaker

Nationality: Indian

Years active: 1990 till date

Spouse: Jillian MacLure (née Ross) – 1993 till date

Place of Residence: Harry and his wife Jillian live in Madras, India.

Notable Work:
Editor-Publisher of ‘Anglos In The Wind’ (from 1998 till date)

Writer-Illustrator of the ‘Zzapi Nercor’ adventure comic book series – 2001-2005

Writer of ‘And Sunshine follows the Rain’ – a stage play (2006)

Editor-Publisher of ‘Anglo-Ink’ Books (from 2012 till date)

Writer-Director of ‘Going Away’ – an English language film (2013)

Co-Director of ‘The Anglo-Indians of Madras’ – a documentary series (2016)

Writer of ‘The Curious Case of The Imagination Thief’– a musical (2017)

Writer of ‘A Ghost Called High Voltage’– a musical (2018)

Writer of ‘The Unexpected Journey to Shangri-la’– a musical (2019)

Writer-Director of ‘Calcutta, I'm Sorry’– an English language feature film (2019)

Early Life:
Harry MacLure was born in Trichinopoly, a South Indian town once famous for its cigars and the exploits of Robert Clive. His father was a railway mail engine driver, so Harry had his initial schooling at the Railway Anglo-Indian High School at Golden Rock. Later when his father retired, the family moved to Madras where he completed his education at St. Joseph’s.

Writing Career:
Harry was still in school when he sold his first short story to ‘Champak’, a children’s magazine in New Delhi. Seeing his name in print for the first time and getting a cheque from a professional magazine did wonders to his literary leanings. He started to read anything and everything on the subject of writing. Soon his stories began appearing in Indian magazines like Eve’s Weekly, Savvy, Caravan, Women’s Era, Home Life, Mirror, Junior Statesman and Swarajya, and newspapers such as Indian Express and The Economic Times–Madras Plus. Harry did a stint with the hospitality industry, working for the Taj Group in India and the Hyatt chain in the Gulf State of Kuwait. He also worked as a Copywriter and Art Director at reputed Ad agencies in Kuwait and in Madras.

Comic Books:
He has been entertaining children with his cartoons and comic books for many years. A self-taught artist, he has retold and illustrated thirty six favourite fairy tales and twenty four famous classics. They have been published in India and Malaysia.One of his comic book characters, Zzapi Nercor, zoomed to popularity, promoting pizzas to kids in the Indian subcontinent. Created for the Pizza Corner chain, the adventures of Zzapi gave their dine-in restaurants a boost in sales.

Films:
His script ‘Incident’ was translated into Hindi and made into a forty-five minute film called ‘Ghatna’ by Harish Tulsulkar in Kuwait in 1989. He has also assisted writing a screenplay entitled ‘Popcorn’ that was made into a full-length Tamil movie directed by Nasser in 2003. In 2013, he wrote and directed an English-language film called ‘Going Away’, which was produced by Nigel Foote of Unique Image Creations, Australia.

Magazine:
In 1998, he started Anglos In The Wind, an international magazine for Anglo-Indians, with support from London-based publisher Les D’Souza. Edited, designed and printed by Harry, this quarterly magazine has become a household name with Anglo-Indians who live in India and other parts of the world.

Plays:
Harry is also a playwright. His plays ‘Good Heavens!’ (comedy) 2004, ‘Fly like a Dove’ (a true story) 2005, ‘And Sunshine follows the Rain’ (drama) 2007, and ‘Uncle Willie’s Ghost is Busy, Call Later!’ (comedy) 2008, were directed and produced by reputed theatre companies in Madras and Bangalore, India.

Publishing House:
Apart from his daily routine as an editor, writer, illustrator and cartoonist, Harry runs an independent publishing house called Anglo-Ink (www.angloink.com) which he founded in 2012. His work over recent years has included editing, designing and publishing books by authors from India, Australia, Canada and the US.

Short Stories:
His short stories Cat, Whose Baby? and ‘Where’s Olive Oyl, Now?’ have been published in two anthologies ‘Voices on the Verandah’ and ‘More Voices on the Verandah’ by CTR Books, New Jersey, USA, in 2004 and 2012.

Author:
In 2014, he co-authored the successful book “The Anglo-Indians – A 500-year History” which was published by Niyogi Books, New Delhi, India.

References:
References:

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/community-service/article2012383.ece

http://www.angloink.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=57

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/190046/anglo-indians-yearn-magical-past.html

https://www.accpublishinggroup.com/us/store/pv/9789381523766/the-anglo-indians/s-muthiah-harry-maclure-and-richard-o-connor

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQ0gvMjAxMi8xMi8wOSNBcjAwMjAx

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/dreams-and-despair/article4655510.ece

http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/1174198

http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/an-emotional-roller-coaster/article4794917.ece

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/sep/08/From-Madhavaram-to-Melbourne-1517075.html

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/our-angloindian-heritage/article5554260.ece

https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20160902/282437053557474

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/After-20-yrs-railway-institute-to-echo-with-happy-feet/articleshow/45597794.cms

http://www.pressinstitute.in/recent_update_news/madras-week-2-a-documentary-film-brings-alive-madras-memories/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6932623.stm

http://www.centrefordiasporastudies.org/participants.html

http://www.thepublisherspost.com/2013/10/

http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%2014/the-anglo-indian-in-perspective.html