British Sports Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2013) Winner
Gideon Haigh
ギデオン・ヘイグ
Gideon Haigh
Aliases:
Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-12-29 （London, England, UK）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- London (birth) → Geelong (raised) → Melbourne (current)
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, non-fiction author
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
- Affiliations
- The Age, The Australian, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia, The Guardian
- Memberships
- South Yarra Cricket Club (life member)
- Nominations
- Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year (Mystery Spinner)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity College (University of Melbourne) | — | — | — | 1984 | Australia |
Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
Period:
1984
Country:
Australia
Resident from 1984, although did not study at university.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Jack Pollard Trophy | — | best Australian cricket book | — | Winner (6 times) |
| 2006 | John Curtin Prize for Journalism | Information Idol: How Google is making us stupid | Journalism | State Library of Victoria / Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Winner |
Jack Pollard Trophy
Category:
best Australian cricket book
Result:
Winner (6 times)
John Curtin Prize for Journalism
2006
Work:
Information Idol: How Google is making us stupid
Category:
Journalism
Organization:
State Library of Victoria / Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Ned Kelly Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2016) Excellence Award
Works
Major Works
The Cricket War
1993 Sports historyThe inside story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.
cricketbusinesshistory
Mystery Spinner
1999 BiographyBiography of Jack Iverson.
cricketbiography
The Big Ship
2002 BiographyBiography of Warwick Armstrong.
cricketbiography
Summer Game
Sports historyHistorical work on cricket.
crickethistory
Bibliography
- See Gideon Haigh bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detailed historical accountscritical analysishumorous elements
- Recurring Motifs
- politics of cricketbusiness ethicscrime
Legacy
Prominent Australian cricket journalist and author who has written 51 books and won the Jack Pollard Trophy six times.
Trivia
- Great-grandfather is Sir Rupert Oakley Shoobridge.
- 2x great-grandfather is Louis Shoobridge Sr.
- 3x great-grandfather is Ebenezer Shoobridge.