Kyra Giorgi (born 1977) is an
Australian
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author and historian.
Early life and career
Kyra Giorgi was born in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
Western Australia
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—her mother is the novelist
Gail Jones.
Giorgi took her PhD in history from
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria a ...
in 2012 with the thesis - ''Saudade, lítost, hüzün: cultural identity and melancholic fatalism on the margins of Europe''.
''The Circle and the Equator was'' her first book of fiction, and was Highly Commended in the inaugural
Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript.
Awards
At the 2017
Queensland Literary Awards
The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the QLA ...
, her work ''The Circle and the Equator'' won the
University of Southern Queensland
The University of Southern Queensland (branded as UniSQ and formerly branded as USQ) is a medium-sized, regional university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with three university campuses at Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich. It offe ...
Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award.
Works
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References
External links
Official website
1977 births
Living people
Australian writers
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