New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1981) Winner
Alan Gould
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Aran Gūruddo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-03-22 （London）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- London, England (birth) → Northern Ireland → Germany → Singapore → Australia since 1966
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, poet
- Active Years
- 1974-2024
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award 1992 shortlist (To the Burning City), Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2010 shortlist (The Lakewoman)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian National University | — | — | Bachelor of Arts | — | Australia |
| Canberra College of Advanced Education | — | — | Diploma of Education | — | Australia |
Australian National University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Country:
Australia
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Degree:
Diploma of Education
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry | Astral Sea | — | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | winner |
| 2006 | Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003 | — | — | winner |
| 1985 | Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1992 | National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction | To the Burning City | — | — | winner |
| 1999 | Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 1999 | Philip Hodgins Memorial Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2001 | ACT Book of the Year | The Schoonermaster's Dance | — | — | joint winner |
Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry
1981
Work:
Astral Sea
Organization:
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
Result:
winner
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry
2006
Work:
The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003
Result:
winner
Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award
1985
Result:
winner
National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction
1992
Work:
To the Burning City
Result:
winner
Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award
1999
Result:
winner
Philip Hodgins Memorial Award
1999
Result:
winner
ACT Book of the Year
2001
Work:
The Schoonermaster's Dance
Result:
joint winner
Awards & Nominations
ACT Book of the Year
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2001) Winner
Works
Major Works
To the Burning City
1991 NovelHis best known novel about the relationship between two brothers, set in World War II.
fraternal bondsWorld War II
The Schoonermaster's Dance
2001 NovelAstral Sea
1981 PoetryBibliography
- The Skald Mosaic : A Sequence of Poems
- Icelandic Solitaries
- Astral Sea
- The Pausing of the Hours
- The Twofold Place
- Years Found in Likeness
- Formerlight : Selected Poems
- Momentum
- Mermaid : Poems and Illustrations
- Dalliance and Scorn
- A Fold in the Light
- The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003
- Folk Tunes
- Capital
- Charlie Twirl : Sixty-One New Poems
- The Man Who Stayed Below
- To the Burning City
- Close Ups
- The Tazyrik Year
- The Schoonermaster's Dance
- The Lakewoman
- The Seaglass Spiral
- The Poet's Stairwell
- The Enduring Disguises: Three novellas
- Three Streets in Search of an Author
- The Totem Ship
- Joinery and Scrollwork
Legacy
Contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet, recipient of several literary awards. Born to an English father and Icelandic mother.
Trivia
- Father is English, mother is Icelandic.
- Worked as a nuclear physics technician and agricultural labourer before becoming a full-time writer in 1973.