Chandler Award
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2020) Winner
Gillian Polack
ジリアン・ポラック
Jirian Porakku
Aliases:
Gillian Pollack
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1961-04-01 （Melbourne）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Melbourne, Australia → Canberra, ACT, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor, Medievalist
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
- Affiliations
- Deakin University, Australian National University
- Memberships
- National Council of Jewish Women of Australia
- Nominations
- Ditmar Award 2010 Best Novel Life Through Cellophane, Ditmar Award 2011 Best Collection Baggage, Ditmar Award 2017 Best Novel The Wizardry of Jewish Women, William Atheling Jr Award 2017, Aurealis Award 2019 Best Science Fiction Novel The Year of the Fruitcake, Ditmar Award 2019 Best Collection Mountains of the Mind, Ditmar Award 2021 Best Novel Poison and Light, Sidewise Award 2022 Short Form Why the Bridgemasters of York Don't Pay Taxes
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | — | History | Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) | — | Australia |
| University of Toronto | — | Centre for Medieval Studies | Master of Arts | — | Canada |
| University of Sydney | — | History | Doctor of Philosophy | — | Australia |
| University of New England | — | — | Teaching qualifications | — | Australia |
| University of Western Australia | — | Creative Writing | Doctor of Philosophy | — | Australia |
University of Melbourne
History
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours)
Country:
Australia
Margaret Kiddle and Felix Raab Prizes
University of Toronto
Centre for Medieval Studies
Degree:
Master of Arts
Country:
Canada
University of Sydney
History
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Country:
Australia
Thesis submitted
University of New England
Degree:
Teaching qualifications
Country:
Australia
University of Western Australia
Creative Writing
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ditmar Award | The Year of the Fruitcake | Best Novel | Australian SF Achievement Awards | winner |
| 2020 | A. Bertram Chandler Award | — | — | — | winner |
| 2010 | Ditmar Award | Southern Gothic banquet | Best Achievement | — | winner |
Ditmar Award
2020
Work:
The Year of the Fruitcake
Category:
Best Novel
Organization:
Australian SF Achievement Awards
Result:
winner
A. Bertram Chandler Award
2020
Result:
winner
Ditmar Award
2010
Work:
Southern Gothic banquet
Category:
Best Achievement
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Wizardry of Jewish Women
2017 Speculative fictionA novel about the wizardry of Jewish women
Jewish cultureMagicFamily
The Year of the Fruitcake
2019 Speculative fictionSF novel set in the year of the fruitcake
SFHistory
Poison and Light
2020 Speculative fictionBibliography
- The Green Children Help Out (2021)
- Borderlanders (2020)
- Poison and Light (2020)
- The Year of the Fruitcake (2019)
- The Time of the Ghosts (2017)
- The Wizardry of Jewish Women (2017)
- The Art of Effective Dreaming (2015)
- Langue.doc 1305 (2014)
- Ms Cellophane (2012)
- Illuminations (2003)
- Mountains of the Mind (2018, collection)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Speculative fiction interwoven with history
- Recurring Motifs
- MedievalJewish cultureFood history
Legacy
Australian speculative fiction writer and medievalist, creator of the New Ceres universe.
Trivia
- The publication of her novel The Art of Effective Dreaming was delayed multiple times due to hurricanes, leading to jokes about it being cursed.
- Creator of the New Ceres universe originating from a short story.