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Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the Australian Literature Society, then from 1983 by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature, when the two organisations were merged. Award winners 2020s * 2022: Andy Jackson, ''Human Looking'' * 2021: Nardi Simpson – ''Song of the Crocodile'' *2020: Charmaine Papertalk Green — ''Nganajungu Yagu'' 2010s * 2019: Pam Brown — ''click here for what we do'' * 2018: Shastra Deo – ''The Agonist'' * 2017: Zoe Morrison – ''Music and Freedom'' * 2016: Brenda Niall – ''Mannix'' * 2015: Jennifer Maiden – ''Drones and Phantoms'' * 2014: Alexis Wright – ''The Swan Book'' * 2013: Michelle de Kretser – ''Questions of Travel'' * 2012: Gillian Mears – ''Foal's Bread'' * 2011: Kim Scott – '' That Deadman Dance'' * 2010: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association For The Study Of Australian Literature
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) is an Australian organisation which promotes the creation and study of Australian literature and literary culture especially through the interaction of Australian writers with teachers and students. It administers several awards, holds a yearly conference, publishes a newsletter and journal, and has sponsored several publications."Association for the Study of Australian Literature" in William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, and Barry Andrews (eds) (1994) ''The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature'' viOxford Reference Online Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 August 2011."Association for the Study of Australian Literature" iAustLit The Australian Literature Resource, National Library of Australia and Australian Studies Centre, Department of English, University of Queensland, 002 -/ref> Awards The Australian Literature Society, which had been formed in Melbourne in 1899, merged into ASAL which, since 1982, has administe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ransom (Malouf Novel)
''Ransom'' (2009) is a novel by Australian author David Malouf. It retells the story of the ''Iliad'' from book22t24 Summary This story begins with Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus (who is described as his kinsman, cousin or lover in various books and films) during the Trojan War. Achilles, enraged at his friend's death, slays Hector, Patroclus' killer, and drags Hector's corpse behind a chariot around the walls of Troy and Patroclus' funeral pyre for the next ten days. This causes much dismay to the Trojans and his own men, as it is an unprecedented act of barbarism, and is made worse by the ancient belief held by both Greeks and Trojans that Hector's soul cannot pass into the afterlife unless it is given a proper burial, something that Achilles refuses to allow. The narrative shifts from Achilles to Priam, Hector's father, and the King of Troy. Priam cannot stand the abuse of his beloved son's body, and (prompted by the messenger-goddess Iris in a dream) decides that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Flanagan
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel '' The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Flanagan was described by the ''Washington Post'' as "one of our greatest living novelists". " nsidered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to ''The Economist, the New York Review of Books'' described Flanagan as "among the most versatile writers in the English language". Early life and education Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, the fifth of six children. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land during the Great Famine in Ireland. Flanagan's father was a survivor of the Burma Death Railway and one of his three brothers is Australian rules football journalist Martin Flanagan. Flanagan was born with a severe hearing loss, which was corrected when he was six years old. He grew up in the remote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moral Hazard (novel)
''Moral Hazard'' is a 2002 novel written by Australian author Kate Jennings. Awards * Festival Awards for Literature (SA), Dymocks Booksellers Award for Fiction, 2004: winner *New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2003: winner *Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2003: shortlisted *Australian Literature Society Gold Medal The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ..., 2003: winner Notes *Listed in "The New York Times" Book Review's list of Notable Books for 2002. Reviews * "Mostly Fiction* "The New York Times* "Salon* "San Francisco Chronicle References 2002 Australian novels HarperCollins books ALS Gold Medal winning works {{2000s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Jennings
Catherine Ruth Jennings (20 May 1948 – 1 May 2021) was an Australian poet, essayist, memoirist, and novelist. Biography Jennings grew up on a farm near Griffith, New South Wales. She attended the University of Sydney in the late 1960s, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours. She was active in feminist and left wing-movements, in particular gaining notoriety for an incendiary speech given before a Vietnam Moratorium march in 1970 – a speech that is credited with signalling the beginning of the second wave of feminism in Australia. She also edited ''Mother I'm Rooted'', an anthology of women poets which was the object of much controversy. She moved to New York City in 1979, where she wrote for numerous magazines and newspapers, in addition to a stint on Wall Street as a speechwriter. Personal life and death In 1983, Jennings met Bob Cato, a graphic designer, photographer, and collagist who helped turn the record album into an important form of contemporary ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangroves (Duggan Collection)
''Mangroves'' (2003) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet Laurie Duggan. It won the ALS Gold Medal in 2004. The collection consists of 74 poems, some previously published and some published for the first time in this volume. The poems in this collections are grouped into two main sections: Part I Mangroves (2000-2002) and Part II The Night Watch (1988-1994). An author's note (p.ix) explains the significance of this grouping. Contents Reviews Writing in ''Jacket'' magazine Angela Rockel concluded: "The structure of this collection invites a spiral of readings in which earlier poems are re-experienced in the light of later work, and later work is understood differently in relation to its origins in earlier patterns. Rather than pro- or regression, the shift that occurs in the space between Part II and Part I is imaged as a change in location, and, as for the costumed figures of The Night Watch in the photograph, nothing has changed/ everything has changed. Having found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Duggan
Laurence James Duggan (born 1949), known as Laurie Duggan, is an Australian poet, editor, and translator. Life Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Poetry Society of Australia Prize (Scott 1970, Duggan 1971). He moved to Sydney in 1972 and became involved with the poetry scene there, in particular with John Tranter, John Forbes, Ken Bolton and Pam Brown. Duggan lectured at Swinburne College ( 1976) and Canberra College of Advanced Education (1983). His poetry grew out of contemplation of moments and found texts.David McCooey's chapter 'Contemporary Poetry: Across Party Lines' in ''The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature,'' Cambridge University Press, 2000. , p. 165 His interest in bricolage started early: while still at Monash he was working on a series of 'Merz poems', short poems about discarded objects, inspired by the work of Kurt Schwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixty Lights
''Sixty Lights'' is a 2004 novel by Australian author Gail Jones. Themes The novel explores the themes of the family relationships, marriage, death and loss. Dedication "For my brothers, Peter and Kevin Jones." Awards *Booker Prize, 2004: longlisted *Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction, 2004: winner *Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2004: winner *Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2005: commended *Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2005: shortlisted *New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted *Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2005 *The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize, 2005: winner *Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2005: shortlisted *South Australia Premier's Awards Fiction, 2006: winner *South Australia Premier's Awards Best Overall Published Work, 2006: winner *International D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Jones (writer)
Gail Jones (born 1955) is an Australian novelist and academic. Early life and career Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia. She grew up in Broome and Kalgoorlie. She studied fine arts briefly at the University of Melbourne before returning to Western Australia where she took her undergraduate degree and PhD from the University of Western Australia in 1994. Her thesis was on ''Mimesis and alterity : postcolonialism, ethnography and the representation of racial 'others'.'' She is currently Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the Western Sydney University. Jones has also contributed content for an art exhibition, ''The floating world'' by Jo Darbyshire (2009). Since 2017 Jones has been involved in a research project Other Worlds: Forms of 'World Literature', for which she is leading a theme titled 'Form as Encounter' that is exploring intercultural intersections and encounters. Published works Novels *''Black Mirror'' (2002) *''Six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Patron Saint Of Eels
''The Patron Saint of Eels'' (2005) is a novel by Australian author Gregory Day. It won the 2006 ALS Gold Medal. Plot summary A moral tale, the novel tells the story of an Italian saint, Fra Ionio, who comes down from heaven to the small Australian town of Mangowak, to save some eels trapped in a ditch and to teach life lessons to some locals. Reviews Lisa Gorton in ''The Age'' noted that the novel "is gentle in spirit, reverent and celebratory", and "is as much a tribute to the life of a small town as it is the hagiography of a saint." Awards and nominations * 2006 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book * 2006 winner ALS Gold Medal The Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (ALS Gold Medal) is awarded annually by the Association for the Study of Australian Literature for "an outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year." From 1928 to 1974 it was awarded by the ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Day
Gregory Day is an Australian novelist, poet, and musician. Life Gregory Day is a novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. He is well known for his Mangowak novels, which document generational, demographic, and environmental change on the 21st-century coast of southwest Victoria, Australia, and also for novels such as ''Archipelago of Souls'' and ''A Sand Archive'', which explore the possibilities of finding the right balance between nature and culture through investigating the experience of the Australian character abroad. He has been much acclaimed for his place-based nature essays, and also for his musical compositions and field recordings, notably his settings and singing of the poetry of W. B. Yeats, William Butler Yeats on the albu''The Black Tower'' and his projec which narrates in song the building of the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria in the years following The Great War. Day is also the co-founder with artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpentaria (novel)
''Carpentaria'' is the second novel by the indigenous Australian author Alexis Wright. It met with widespread critical acclaim when it was published in mid-2006, and went on to win Australia's premier literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award, in mid-2007. Plot introduction The novel tells the interconnected stories of several inhabitants of the fictional town of Desperance, situated on the Gulf of Carpentaria in northwest Queensland. There, the Aboriginal people of the Pricklebush clan are engaged in a number of argumentative conflicts with various enemies in the community, including the white inhabitants of Desperance, the local law enforcement and government officials, and a large multinational mining operation that has been established on their traditional sacred land. The narrative chronicles the interpersonal relationships shared between three men embroiled in these disputes: the wise, pragmatic, and blunt Normal Phantom; the nomadic, overzealous shamanic practitioner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |