Adrian Caesar (born 1955) is an Australian author and poet. Caesar was born in

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and emigrated to

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in 1982. He studied at Reading University and has held appointments at various Australian universities, including the

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and the

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' School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Writing

Caesar is the author of several books, including the prize-winning

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''The White'' based on the Antarctic exploration of

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and Douglas Mawson from 1911 to 1913. His later novel, ''The Blessing'' was long-listed for the Voss Literary Prize in 2016. His poems have been widely published and his 2005 poetry collection ''High Wire'' was shortlisted for the 2007

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Bibliography

Novels

* ''The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913'' (1999) * ''The Blessing'' (2015)

Collected poetry

* ''Hunger Games'' (1996) * ''Life Sentences'' (1998) * ''The June Fireworks: New and Selected Poems'' (2001) * ''High Wire'' (2005) * ''Dark Cupboards New Rooms'' (2014)

Non Fiction

* ''Dividing Lines: Poetry, Class and ideology in the 1930s'' (1991) * ''Taking it Like a Man: Suffering, Sexuality and the War Poets'' (1993) * ''Kenneth Slessor'' (1995)

Awards

The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911–1913 * 2000

Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction The Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction, formerly known as the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, is a prize category in the annual Victorian Premier's Literary Award. As of 2011 it has a remuneration of 25,000. The winner of this category p ...

* 2000

ACT Book of the Year The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), k ...

References

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