New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1984) Winner
Beverley Farmer
ベヴァリー・ファーマー
Beverley Fāmā
Aliases:
B. Christou
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-02-07 （Windsor, Victoria）
- Died
- 2018-04-16 age 77
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Melbourne → Greece
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Teacher, Restaurant owner
- Active Years
- 1968-2017
- Influenced By
- Marjorie Barnard
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award shortlisted (1996, The House in the Light), Stella Prize longlisted (2018, This Water)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac.Robertson Girls' High School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Melbourne | — | — | BA | — | Australia |
Mac.Robertson Girls' High School
Country:
Australia
University of Melbourne
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1960
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | Milk | Fiction | Government of New South Wales | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
1984
Work:
Milk
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Government of New South Wales
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
2009
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2009) Winner
Works
Major Works
Milk
1983 Short story collectionShort story collection featuring themes of loss.
LossExperience of being foreign
Snake
1982 Short story anthologyHome Time
1985 Short story anthologyExplores relation between life and fiction.
Life and fiction
Alone
1980 NovellaAutobiographical novella about breakup of a lesbian relationship.
LossLesbian relationship
The House in the Light
1995 NovellaBibliography
- Snake (1982)
- Milk (1983)
- Home Time (1985)
- Collected Stories (1987)
- Alone (1980)
- The Seal Woman (1992)
- The House in the Light (1995)
- A Body of Water: A Year's Notebook (1990)
- The Bone House (2005)
- This Water: Five Tales (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sensitive portrayal of lossInterplay of life and fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- LossExperience of being foreign
Legacy
Australian novelist and short story writer known for works exploring themes of loss.
Trivia
- Married a Greek migrant and lived in Greece for three years.
- Son born in Australia in 1972.