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Gregory Day

グレゴリー・デイ

Guregorī Dei

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
Victoria, Australia

Career

Occupations
novelist, poet, musician
Active Years
1990-
Affiliations
Merrijig Word & Sound Co.
Nominations
Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book, 2006: The Patron Saint of Eels — shortlisted, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds — shortlisted, Tasmanian Literary Award, Tasmania Book Prize, 2017: Archipelago of Souls — shortlisted, Nature Conservancy Australia Nature Writing Prize, 2019: Summer On The Painkalac — shortlisted, Miles Franklin Award, 2019: A Sand Archive — shortlisted, Miles Franklin Award, 2024: The Bell of the World — shortlisted

Awards

Patrick White Award
2020
Result: winner
ALS Gold Medal
2006
Work: The Patron Saint of Eels
Organization: Association for the Study of Australian Literature
Result: winner
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
2011
Work: The Neighbour's Beans
Result: winner
Nature Conservancy Nature Writing Prize
2021
Work: Summer On The Painkalac
Organization: Nature Conservancy Australia
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Patron Saint of Eels

2005 Novel

Documents generational, demographic, and environmental change on the 21st-century coast of Victoria, Australia.

environmentcoastchange

Archipelago of Souls

2015 Novel

A Sand Archive

2018 Novel

The Bell of the World

2023 Novel

Bibliography

  • The Patron Saint of Eels (2005)
  • Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds (2007)
  • The Grand Hotel (2010)
  • Archipelago of Souls (2015)
  • A Sand Archive (2018)
  • The Bell of the World (2023)
  • Words Are Eagles: Selected Writings on the Nature and Language of Place (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Documents change on Victoria's coastNature and language of place
Recurring Motifs
coastenvironmental changeplace

Legacy

Known for novels documenting change on Victoria's coast.