Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (1993) Winner
Amy Witting
エイミー・ウィッティング
Eimī Witting
Aliases:
Joan Austral Fraser / Joan Austral Levick / De Guesclin / Chris Willoughby
Pen Names:
Amy Witting（Primary pen name）,
Chris Willoughby（Used for a 1974 satirical story）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1918-01-26 （Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia）
- Died
- 2001-09-18 （Sydney, New South Wales, Australia） age 83
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Sydney
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1934-2001
- Affiliations
- Cheltenham Girls High School, North Sydney Girls' High School
- Influenced By
- James McAuley, Harold Stewart, Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
- Influenced
- Helen Garner
- Nominations
- 1990 Miles Franklin Award shortlist (I for Isobel), 2000 Miles Franklin Award shortlist (Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Street Girls' High School | — | General | — | — | Australia |
| University of Sydney | Languages | Languages | — | — | Australia |
| Teachers College | — | Education | Diploma of Education | — | Australia |
Fort Street Girls' High School
General
Country:
Australia
High school
University of Sydney
Languages
/ Languages
Country:
Australia
Studied languages
Teachers College
Education
Degree:
Diploma of Education
Country:
Australia
Earned Diploma of Education
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2000 | The Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize | Faces and Voices | フィクション | The Age | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Member of the Order of Australia (AM) | — | — | Australian Government | 受賞 |
Patrick White Award
1993
Result:
受賞
The Age Book of the Year Fiction Prize
2000
Work:
Faces and Voices
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
The Age
Result:
受賞
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
2002
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
I for Isobel
1990 NovelA coming-of-age story of Isobel.
LonelinessIdentityConsciousness
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
1999 NovelIsobel's daily life and introspection.
RealismAgingCancer
Travel Diary
1985 PoetryPoetry collection in travel diary style.
TravelPoetic expression
Bibliography
- Novels: The Visit (1977), I for Isobel (1990), A Change in the Lighting (1994), Maria's War (1998), Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop (1999), After Cynthia (2001); Short story collections: Marriages (1990), In and Out the Window (1995), Faces and Voices (2000), Selected Stories (2017); Poetry: Travel Diary (1985), Beauty is the Straw (1991), Collected Poems (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealismNaturalismConcise prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Persistence of consciousnessLonelinessRepressive family life
Health
-
Tuberculosis幼少期および成人初期Sanatorium stay, time for writing
-
Cancer晩年Failing sight and hearing, wrote final works
Legacy
Regarded as one of Australia's finest realist fiction writers and poets, late bloomer.
Trivia
- Pen name 'Amy Witting' from promise to 'always remain witting'.
- Published poem in Sydney Morning Herald at age 16.
- Short story published in The New Yorker.