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Georgia Blain

ジョージア・ブレイン

Jōjia Burein

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1964-12-12 (Sydney, Australia)
死没
2016-12-09 (Australia) 51歳
国籍
Australian
言語
English
居住地歴
Sydney, Australia → Tuscany, Italy → Adelaide, Australia

経歴

職業
Novelist, Journalist, Biographer
活動期間
1998年〜2016年
所属
Australian Copyright Council, The Saturday Paper
ノミネート
Nita Kibble Literary Award Shortlist (Births Deaths Marriages), Christina Stead Prize Shortlist (The Secret Lives of Men), ALS Gold Medal Shortlist

学歴

University of Adelaide
Faculty of Arts
学位: Bachelor of Arts
国: Australia
Arts degree
University of Sydney
Faculty of Law
国: Australia
Studied law

受賞歴

University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
2016
対象作品: Between a Wolf and a Dog
主催: Queensland Literary Awards
結果: Winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
2017
対象作品: Between a Wolf and a Dog
主催: Victorian Government
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Closed for Winter

1998年 Novel

Debut novel about family.

FamilyLoss
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Closed for Winter / James Bogle (2009)

Between a Wolf and a Dog

2016年 Novel

Explores family sadness, betrayal, forgiveness.

FamilyDeathDaily life

全著作

  • Closed for Winter (1998)
  • Candelo (1999)
  • The Blind Eye (2001)
  • Names for Nothingness (2004)
  • Darkwater (2010)
  • Too Close to Home (2011)
  • Snake in the Grass (2012)
  • Special (2016)
  • Between a Wolf and a Dog (2016)
  • The Secret Lives of Men (2013)

翻案

  • Closed for Winter (film, 2009)

作風・主題

文体
Stunning clarityPenetrating insightSuperbly paced and structured
頻出モチーフ
FamiliesSiblingsLossDeathMarriagesPartnerships

健康

  • Brain cancer
    2015-2016
    Diagnosed while editing, cause of death

評価・遺産

Acclaimed for novels of clarity on family and loss.

引用

  • The small, potent beauties of daily life that we allow to slip unnoticed through our fingers.
    出典: Comment on Between a Wolf and a Dog (2016年)

豆知識

  • Mother Anne Deveson, writer, died 3 days after her.
  • Brother Jonathan had schizophrenia and died by suicide.