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Christine Piper

クリスティン・パイパー

Kuristin Paipā

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1979-01-01 (Seoul, South Korea)
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English, Japanese
Residence History
Seoul, South Korea → Sydney, Australia → Japan → New York, United States

Career

Occupations
Writer, editor
Active Years
2012-
Nominations
2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award (shortlisted), 2015 Dobbie Literary Award (shortlisted), 2015 Indie Book Awards debut fiction (shortlisted), 2014 Readings New Australian Writing Award (shortlisted)

Education

Cheltenham Girls High School
English and Visual Arts
Degree: Higher School Certificate
Period: 1992-1997
Year of Graduation: 1997
Country: Australia
Placed seventh in NSW in Visual Arts HSC 1997
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Media (Print Media and Cultural Studies)
Degree: Bachelor of Media
Country: Australia
3.8 GPA in final year
University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelors of Communications (Creative Writing/Cultural Studies)
Degree: First Class Honours
Country: Australia
Iowa Writers' Workshop
Creative Writing
Country: United States
University of Technology, Sydney
Creative Arts
Degree: Doctor of Creative Arts
Country: Australia
Wrote After Darkness and Unearthing the Past

Awards

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
2014
Work: After Darkness
Category: 35歳未満未発表原稿
Organization: Allen & Unwin
Result: winner
Calibre Prize
2014
Work: Unearthing the Past
Category: 優秀エッセイ
Organization: Australian Book Review
Result: winner
Guy Morrison Prize
2014
Category: 文学ジャーナリズム
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

After Darkness

2014 Literary Fiction

A Japanese biologist involved in biological weapons experiments in Broome, Australia during WWII.

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Bibliography

  • After Darkness (2014)
  • Once more, with feeling (Seizure, 2012)
  • Stranded (Things That Are Found In Trees and Other Stories, 2012)
  • Unearthing the Past (Australian Book Review, 2014)

Legacy

Australian author who won the Vogel Literary Award. Of Australian father and Japanese mother.

Trivia

  • Born to an Australian father and Japanese mother.
  • Raised and educated in Sydney.
  • Lived in Japan several times, teaching English and studying Japanese.
  • Eldest child born in New York.