New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1985) Winner
Elizabeth Jolley
エリザベス・ジョーリー
Erizabesu Jōrī
Aliases:
Monica Elizabeth Knight
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1923-06-04 （Birmingham）
- Died
- 2007-02-13 （Perth, Western Australia） age 83
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Quaker
- Residence History
- Birmingham, England → Black Country, England → London and Surrey, England → Claremont, Perth, Western Australia → Wooroloo, Western Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Professor of creative writing, Nurse, Cleaner, Door-to-door salesperson, Poultry farmer
- Active Years
- 1945-2006
- Affiliations
- Curtin University, Western Australian Institute of Technology
- Influenced By
- Unknown
- Influenced
- Tim Winton
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award shortlist (1998, Lovesong)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibford School | — | Boarding school | — | 1934-1940 | England |
| Orthopaedic nurse training | — | Nursing | — | 1940頃 | England |
Sibford School
Boarding school
Period:
1934-1940
Year of Graduation:
1940
Country:
England
Quaker boarding school
Orthopaedic nurse training
Nursing
Period:
1940頃
Country:
England
Trained in London and Surrey
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Age Book of the Year | Mr Scobie's Riddle | — | The Age | winner |
| 1983 | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Mr Scobie's Riddle | — | Government of Western Australia | winner |
| 1985 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize | Milk and Honey | Fiction | Government of New South Wales | winner |
| 1986 | Miles Franklin Award | The Well | — | State Library of New South Wales | winner |
| 1988 | Officer of the Order of Australia | — | services to literature | Government of Australia | recipient |
The Age Book of the Year
1983
Work:
Mr Scobie's Riddle
Organization:
The Age
Result:
winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1983
Work:
Mr Scobie's Riddle
Organization:
Government of Western Australia
Result:
winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize
1985
Work:
Milk and Honey
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Government of New South Wales
Result:
winner
Miles Franklin Award
1986
Work:
The Well
Organization:
State Library of New South Wales
Result:
winner
Officer of the Order of Australia
1988
Category:
services to literature
Organization:
Government of Australia
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Miles Franklin Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 28 (1986) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Well
1986 NovelExplores alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment.
LonelinessAlienationEntrapment
Mr Scobie's Riddle
1983 NovelDepicts immigrant experiences.
ImmigrationSecrets
Milk and Honey
1984 NovelBibliography
- Palomino (1980)
- The Newspaper of Claremont Street (1981)
- Miss Peabody's Inheritance (1983)
- Mr Scobie's Riddle (1983)
- Milk and Honey (1984)
- Foxybaby (1985)
- The Well (1986)
- The Sugar Mother (1988)
- My Father's Moon (1989)
- Cabin Fever (1990)
- The Georges' Wife (1993)
- The Orchard Thieves (1995)
- Lovesong (1997)
- An Accommodating Spouse (1999)
- An Innocent Gentleman (2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Post-modern featuresRepeated motifs within and between worksSelf-reflexivityOpen-endedness
- Recurring Motifs
- Alienated charactersLonelinessEntrapment
Health
-
Dementia2000-2007Impacted her writing activities, died in nursing home
Legacy
Significant Australian writer who debuted at 53, pioneer in creative writing teaching, multiple award winner.
Archives
- Mitchell Library (Sydney)
In Popular Culture
- 2007 Brahms' A German Requiem performance dedicated to her.
Trivia
- First book published at age 53
- Complex relationship with Leonard Jolley: wrote fake letters pretending to be his first wife and daughter
- Taught Tim Winton