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Evelyn Juers

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Evelyn Juers

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950-03-06 (Neritz, Germany)
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English, German
Residence History
Hamburg → Sydney → London → Geneva

Career

Occupations
Writer, Publisher, Essayist, Critic
Active Years
1970-2024
Affiliations
Giramondo Publishing, HEAT magazine
Influenced By
Emily Brontë, Virginia Woolf, W.G. Sebald
Influenced
Ivor Indyk
Nominations
West Australian Book Awards shortlist (House of Exile), ALS Gold Medal shortlist (2009, House of Exile), Magarey Medal shortlist (The Recluse, 2014)

Education

University of Essex
Biography
Degree: PhD
Country: United Kingdom
Brontës and the practice of biography

Awards

Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2009
Work: House of Exile
Category: ノンフィクション
Organization: Australian Government
Result: 受賞
Victorian Premier's Award (Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction)
2009
Work: House of Exile
Result: 最終候補
National Biography Award
2009
Work: House of Exile
Result: 最終候補

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

House of Exile

2008 Biography

A collective biography of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann.

ExileLiterature20th century
Translations
  • French: Chemins d’Exil
  • Italian: La Casa dell’Esilio
  • Spanish: La Casa del exilio

Bibliography

  • House of Exile (2008)
  • The Recluse (2012)
  • The Dancer: a Biography for Philippa Cullen (2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Biographical essayCritical
Recurring Motifs
SolitudeExileWomen writers

Legacy

Australian writer and critic known for biographical works.