Miles Franklin Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (1997) Winner
David Foster
デイヴィッド・フォスター
Deividdo Fosutā
Aliases:
David Manning Foster
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Blue Mountains, New South Wales
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Katoomba → Sydney → Canberra → Bundanoon
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, scientist, musician, postman, truck driver, martial arts instructor
- Active Years
- 1973-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sydney | Faculty of Arts | Arts | Bachelor of Arts | 1961 (中退) | Australia |
| University of Sydney | Faculty of Science | School of Chemistry | Bachelor of Science | — | Australia |
| Australian National University | — | Biological Inorganic Chemistry | PhD | — | Australia |
| University of Pennsylvania | — | Institute for Cancer Research | Postdoctoral | — | United States |
University of Sydney
Faculty of Arts
/ Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1961 (中退)
Country:
Australia
Left after one year
University of Sydney
Faculty of Science
/ School of Chemistry
Degree:
Bachelor of Science
Year of Graduation:
1967
Country:
Australia
Chemistry, University Medal in Inorganic Chemistry
Australian National University
Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
Australia
University of Pennsylvania
Institute for Cancer Research
Degree:
Postdoctoral
Country:
United States
Postdoctoral studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Miles Franklin Award | The Glade Within the Grove | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1974 | The Age Book of the Year | The Pure Land | Book of the Year / Imaginative Writing Award | — | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Barbara Ramsden Award | The Pure Land | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1981 | National Book Council Book of the Year | Moonlite | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Miles Franklin Award
1997
Work:
The Glade Within the Grove
Result:
受賞
The Age Book of the Year
1974
Work:
The Pure Land
Category:
Book of the Year / Imaginative Writing Award
Result:
受賞
Barbara Ramsden Award
1975
Work:
The Pure Land
Result:
受賞
National Book Council Book of the Year
1981
Work:
Moonlite
Result:
受賞
Patrick White Award
2010
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2010) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Glade Within the Grove
1996 Satirical novelA monumental satire examining the destruction of Australian native forests and the decline of Christianity through a 1968 hippie commune.
Decline of Western civilizationForest conservationParadoxes of religion
Sons of the Rumour
2009 Satirical novelModelled on One Thousand and One Nights, stories told by men in 7th-century Merv.
SpiritualitySexual understandingLoss of freedom
The Pure Land
1974 Autobiographical novelTraces the experiences of young scientist Danny Harris in America and Australia.
MaterialismColonial history
Bibliography
- North South West: Three Novellas (1973)
- The Pure Land (1974)
- Escape to Reality (1977)
- Moonlite (1981)
- Plumbum (1983)
- Dog Rock: A Postal Pastoral (1985)
- The Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986)
- Testostero: A Comic Novel (1987)
- The Pale Blue Crochet Coathanger Cover (1988)
- Mates of Mars (1991)
- The Glade Within the Grove (1996)
- In the New Country (1999)
- The Land Where Stories End (2002)
- Sons of the Rumour (2009)
- Man of Letters (2012)
- The Contemptuary (2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalExperimentalMulti-layered narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Decline of Western civilizationMale irresponsibilityParadoxes of science and artCastration theme
Health
-
Poliomyelitis1950Left him with a slight limp
Legacy
Australian satirist known for works on the decline of Western civilization. Highly regarded but under-heralded major writer.
In Popular Culture
- Daughter Zöe Foster Blake is a writer and beauty entrepreneur
Trivia
- His daughter Zöe Foster Blake is a noted author and entrepreneur.
- Played drums professionally in jazz bands.
- Worked as a postman for many years, inspiring the Dog Rock novels.