Barry Charles Divola is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.
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Birth and family
Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College
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. He lives in Perth, Western Australia
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, with his wife and two young daughters.
Writing career
Divola is a regular contributor to ''The Sydney Morning Herald
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'' and was a columnist and feature writer for that newspaper's monthly publication, '' (sydney) magazine'', where he presented the columns ''Street Life'' and ''Hole in the Wall''. He was the music critic for ''Who
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'', a senior writer for ''Rolling Stone
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'' and contributor to ''Madison'' and ''Entertainment Weekly
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Bibliography
Books
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* ''M is for Metal : The loudest alphabet book on earth'' (with Paul McNeil) – ABC Books, (Syd, 2006)
* ''The Secret Life of Backpackers : A bunk's-eye view of the tourist trail from Bondi to Cairns'' – ABC Books, (Syd, 2008)
* ''Nineteen Seventysomething'' – Affirm Press, (2010)
Essays and reporting
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Album reviews
Awards
He won the Banjo Paterson
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Award for short fiction
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in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories ''Nipple'', ''Cicada Boy'' and ''Nixon''.Your mother would be proud of you – Barry Divola
References
1959 births
Living people
People educated at Newington College
Australian freelance journalists
Rolling Stone people
The Sydney Morning Herald people
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