The Australian / Vogel Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1982) Winner
Brian Albert Castro
ブライアン・アルバート・カストロ
Buraian Arubāto Kasutoro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1950 （At sea, near Hong Kong）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English, Cantonese Chinese, Macanese Portuguese, French
- Residence History
- At sea between Macau and Hong Kong → Moved to Australia in 1961, Sydney → Australia, France, Hong Kong
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Teacher, Chair of Creative Writing
- Active Years
- 1973-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Adelaide, J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice (director)
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted) for Double-Wolf (1991), Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted) for After China (1992), Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted) for The Garden Book (2006), Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted) for The Bath Fugues (2010), Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (Shortlisted) for Street To Street (2014), Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted) for Chinese Postman (2025)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill | — | Boarding school | — | — | Australia |
| University of Sydney | — | — | — | — | Australia |
St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill
Boarding school
Country:
Australia
Boarding school
University of Sydney
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Birds of Passage | — | — | winner (shared) |
| 1991 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Double-Wolf | Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Innovative Writing Award | — | winner |
| 1991 | The Age Book of the Year | Double-Wolf | — | — | winner |
| 1992 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | After China | — | — | winner |
| 1997 | Banjo Award | Stepper | — | — | winner |
| 2004 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Shanghai Dancing | Fiction | — | winner |
| 2004 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Shanghai Dancing | Christina Stead Fiction Prize, Book of the Year | — | winner |
| 2006 | Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | The Garden Book | Fiction Book Award | — | winner |
| 2014 | Patrick White Award | Contribution to Australian Literature | — | — | winner |
| 2018 | Prime Minister's Literary Award | Blindness and Rage | Poetry | — | winner |
Australian/Vogel Literary Award
1982
Work:
Birds of Passage
Result:
winner (shared)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
1991
Work:
Double-Wolf
Category:
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Innovative Writing Award
Result:
winner
The Age Book of the Year
1991
Work:
Double-Wolf
Result:
winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
1992
Work:
After China
Result:
winner
Banjo Award
1997
Work:
Stepper
Result:
winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
2004
Work:
Shanghai Dancing
Category:
Fiction
Result:
winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2004
Work:
Shanghai Dancing
Category:
Christina Stead Fiction Prize, Book of the Year
Result:
winner
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
2006
Work:
The Garden Book
Category:
Fiction Book Award
Result:
winner
Patrick White Award
2014
Work:
Contribution to Australian Literature
Result:
winner
Prime Minister's Literary Award
2018
Work:
Blindness and Rage
Category:
Poetry
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2004) Winner
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (2006) Winner
Patrick White Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 41 (2014) Winner
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 11 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
Shanghai Dancing
2003 Novel
IdentityMigration
Birds of Passage
1983 NovelDouble-Wolf
1991 NovelBibliography
- Birds of Passage
- Pomeroy
- Double-Wolf
- After China
- Drift
- Stepper
- Shanghai Dancing
- The Garden Book
- The Bath Fugues
- Street To Street
- Blindness and Rage
- Chinese Postman
- Writing Asia: two lectures
- Looking for Estrellita: Essays on Culture and Writing
- Macau Days
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Innovative narrative styleVerse novels
- Recurring Motifs
- MigrationMulticultural identity
Legacy
Recognized as a major Australian novelist, recipient of the Patrick White Award and numerous literary prizes, known for works reflecting multicultural backgrounds.
Trivia
- Born at sea
- First language was Cantonese
- Multilingual