Martin was born in Budapest, but educated in Germany. He left Germany in 1934, spending time in the Netherlands, Hungary and
Palestine. In 1937 he travelled to Spain. where he served as a volunteer in the medical service of the
International Brigade of the
Spanish Republican Army during the
Spanish Civil War. In 1938 Martin joined his father in London, working in his clothing factory, before moving to Glasgow in 1941 where he worked as a correspondent with the
Daily Express. In 1941, Martin married Elizabeth Richenda Powell, great-granddaughter of the Quaker
Elizabeth Fry. They had one son, Jan. Martin returned to London, working for the BBC until 1944. From 1945 to 1947 he was literary editor of ''
Reynold's News. In 1948 he travelled to India as British correspondent for the Daily Express''. He also won the
Patrick White Award in 1991 and was given an Emeritus Award by the Literature Fund of the
Australia Council in 1996. David Martin died in
Beechworth, Victoria, on 1 July 1997. One of his grandchildren,
Toby Martin, is the guitarist and frontman of the rock band
Youth Group. ==Bibliography==