Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1999) Winner
Elliot Perlman
エリオット・パールマン
Eriotto Pāruman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1964-05-07 （Melbourne, Victoria, Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Melbourne
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Barrister
- Active Years
- 1994-2024
- Influenced By
- Graham Greene, Raymond Carver
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award 1999 (Three Dollars) shortlisted, Miles Franklin Award 2004 (Seven Types of Ambiguity) shortlisted, Miles Franklin Award 2012 (The Street Sweeper) longlisted, Commonwealth Writers Prize 2004 (Seven Types of Ambiguity) shortlisted, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 2004 (Seven Types of Ambiguity) shortlisted, AWGIE Awards 2005 (Three Dollars) shortlisted, Children's Peace Literature Award 2019 (The Adventures of Catvinkle) shortlisted
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monash University | — | Law | — | — | Australia |
Monash University
Law
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Age Book of the Year Award | Three Dollars | Book of the Year | The Age | winner |
| 1998 | The Age Book of the Year Award | Three Dollars | Fiction Prize | The Age | winner |
| 1999 | Betty Trask Award | Three Dollars | Commonwealth Writers Under 35 Years | — | winner |
| 1999 | Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Three Dollars | Best Literary Work Advancing Public Debate | — | joint winner |
| 2000 | Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award | The Reasons I Won't Be Coming | — | — | joint winner |
| 2005 | Australian Film Institute Awards | Three Dollars | Best Adapted Screenplay | Australian Film Institute | winner |
| 2005 | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Three Dollars | Best Screenplay – Adapted | Film Critics Circle of Australia | winner |
| 2012 | Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction | The Street Sweeper | — | — | winner |
The Age Book of the Year Award
1998
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Book of the Year
Organization:
The Age
Result:
winner
The Age Book of the Year Award
1998
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Fiction Prize
Organization:
The Age
Result:
winner
Betty Trask Award
1999
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Commonwealth Writers Under 35 Years
Result:
winner
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
1999
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Best Literary Work Advancing Public Debate
Result:
joint winner
Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award
2000
Work:
The Reasons I Won't Be Coming
Result:
joint winner
Australian Film Institute Awards
2005
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Organization:
Australian Film Institute
Result:
winner
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2005
Work:
Three Dollars
Category:
Best Screenplay – Adapted
Organization:
Film Critics Circle of Australia
Result:
winner
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction
2012
Work:
The Street Sweeper
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Three Dollars
1998 NovelA novel condemning economic rationalism that destroys the humanity of ordinary people facing unemployment and poverty.
Economic rationalismPovertyHumanity
Adaptations
- [Film] Three Dollars / Robert Connolly (2005)
Seven Types of Ambiguity
2003 NovelA novel exploring seven types of ambiguity.
AmbiguityHuman relationships
Adaptations
- [TV series] Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
The Street Sweeper
2011 NovelAn epic novel dealing with the Holocaust and civil rights movement.
HolocaustHistory
Maybe the Horse Will Talk
2019 NovelBibliography
- Three Dollars (1998), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2003), The Street Sweeper (2011), Maybe the Horse Will Talk (2019), The Reasons I Won't Be Coming (1999), The Adventures of Catvinkle (2018), Catvinkle and the Missing Tulips (2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Crisp, clean and spare proseStrong moral centreStrong sense of compassion
- Recurring Motifs
- Use of music and song lyricsEssence of humanitySocial critique
Legacy
Known as a prominent Australian novelist acclaimed for works addressing economic rationalism and humanity.
Trivia
- Son of second-generation Jewish Australians of East European descent.
- Began writing career after winning The Age Short Story Award in 1994.