Davitt Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2006) Winner
Heather Rose
ヘザー・ローズ
Hezā Rōzu
Pen Names:
Angelica Banks（author with Danielle Wood for a series of children's novels published 2012-2016）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964 （Hobart, Tasmania, Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia → Melbourne, Victoria, Australia → Tasmania, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Copywriter, Advertising executive, Arts administrator
- Active Years
- 1981-2025
- Affiliations
- Coo'ee Tasmania, Green Team Australia, Festival of Voices, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Macquarie Point Development Corporation
- Nominations
- Indie Book Awards 2023 Nonfiction shortlist (Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here), Tasmanian Literary Awards 2025 Premier's Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist (Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here), Bruny: Davitt Award 2020 shortlist, etc., The Museum of Modern Love: Australian Literary Society Gold Medal 2017 shortlist, etc.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Stella Prize | The Museum of Modern Love | Fiction | Stella Prize Foundation | Winner |
| 2017 | Christina Stead Prize | The Museum of Modern Love | Fiction | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Winner |
| 2017 | Margaret Scott Prize | The Museum of Modern Love | — | Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes | Winner |
| 2020 | Australian Book Industry Awards | Bruny | General Fiction | Australian Book Industry Awards | Winner |
| 2006 | Davitt Award | The Butterfly Man | Crime Fiction | Sisters in Crime Australia | Winner |
Stella Prize
2017
Work:
The Museum of Modern Love
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Stella Prize Foundation
Result:
Winner
Christina Stead Prize
2017
Work:
The Museum of Modern Love
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
Result:
Winner
Margaret Scott Prize
2017
Work:
The Museum of Modern Love
Organization:
Tasmanian Premier's Literary Prizes
Result:
Winner
Australian Book Industry Awards
2020
Work:
Bruny
Category:
General Fiction
Organization:
Australian Book Industry Awards
Result:
Winner
Davitt Award
2006
Work:
The Butterfly Man
Category:
Crime Fiction
Organization:
Sisters in Crime Australia
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (2017) Winner
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Edition 6 (2017) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Museum of Modern Love
2016 NovelA novel set in New York inspired by performance artist Marina Abramović, exploring love and art.
LoveArtLossConnection
Adaptations
- [Theatre] The Museum of Modern Love / Tom Holloway (2022)
- [Film] The Museum of Modern Love
Translations
- Translated into numerous languages
Bibliography
- White Heart (1999)
- The Butterfly Man (2005)
- The River Wife (2009)
- The Museum of Modern Love (2016)
- Bruny (2019)
- Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here (2022, Memoir)
- A Great Act of Love (2025)
- Finding Serendipity (2013, as Angelica Banks)
- A Week Without Tuesday (2015, as Angelica Banks)
- Blueberry Pancakes Forever (2016, as Angelica Banks)
Adaptations
- The Museum of Modern Love: Optioned for film, stage adaptation at Sydney Festival
Translations of Works
- Children's series: German (Magellan), US English (Henry Holt)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Complex interwoven themesPoetic landscape descriptionsSatiricalMythical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- Tasmanian landscapeCost of loveFamily secretsArt and reality
Legacy
Acclaimed Australian author who won the Stella Prize and numerous literary awards. Known for novels set in Tasmania exploring art, love, and politics. Also successful in advertising and arts administration.
Trivia
- Weekly column in Hobart Mercury at age 16
- Won Tasmanian Short Story Prize in 1981
- Co-founded advertising agency Coo'ee Tasmania, Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year 2004