The Peter Blazey Fellowship in an Australian literary award, in honour of the life and work of

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(1939-1997).

Establishment of Fellowship

The Fellowship was established by Clive Blazey and Tim Herbert, respectively, brother and partner to Peter Blazey, to honour his life and work, as a journalist, author and gay activist. The Fellowship was launched by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby at the Australia Centre, in

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, on 30 April 2004.

Nature of Fellowship

The Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing, and is intended to further a work in progress.Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016. The Fellowship comprises a monetary prize and a one-month writing residence with the

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, within the

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Fellowship winners

References

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