New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1986) Winner
Helen Garner
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Helen Garner
Aliases:
Helen Ford
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1942-11-07 （Geelong）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Geelong, Victoria → Melbourne
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short-story writer, Journalist, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1972-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | — | English and French | Bachelor of Arts | 1960年代 | Australia |
University of Melbourne
English and French
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1960年代
Year of Graduation:
1965
Country:
Australia
Majors in English and French
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Walkley Award | Did Daniel Have to Die? | — | Walkley Foundation | Winner |
| 2025 | Baillie Gifford Prize | How to End a Story: Collected Diaries | Non-fiction | — | Winner |
| 2001 | Victorian Honour Roll of Women | — | — | — | Inducted |
Walkley Award
1993
Work:
Did Daniel Have to Die?
Organization:
Walkley Foundation
Result:
Winner
Baillie Gifford Prize
2025
Work:
How to End a Story: Collected Diaries
Category:
Non-fiction
Result:
Winner
Victorian Honour Roll of Women
2001
Result:
Inducted
Awards & Nominations
South Australian Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1986) Winner
Ned Kelly Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 10 (2005) Winner
-
Edition 20 (2015) Winner
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (2008) Winner
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (2016) Winner
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2016) Winner
Works
Major Works
Monkey Grip
1977 NovelDepicts lives in Melbourne share-houses, focusing on a single mother and her junkie lover.
loveaddictionfeminism
Adaptations
- [Film] Monkey Grip / Ken Cameron (1982)
The First Stone
1995 Non-fictionAccount of a sexual harassment scandal at Ormond College.
sex and powerfeminism
Joe Cinque's Consolation
2004 True crimeTrue crime account of a murder in Canberra.
murderjustice
Adaptations
- [Film] Joe Cinque's Consolation (2016)
This House of Grief
2014 True crimeStory of Robert Farquharson murder trial.
murderfamilyjustice
Bibliography
- Monkey Grip (1977)
- The Children's Bach (1984)
- Cosmo Cosmolino (1992)
- The Spare Room (2008)
- The First Stone (1995)
- Joe Cinque's Consolation (2004)
- This House of Grief (2014)
- Everywhere I Look (2016)
- The Season (2024)
Adaptations
- Monkey Grip (film, 1982)
- Joe Cinque's Consolation (film, 2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistfeministincorporating personal experiences
- Recurring Motifs
- lovelossgriefaddictionjusticedark side of humanity
Health
-
depressionStruggles reflected in her work
Legacy
Regarded as a key voice in Australian literature, known for blending personal experiences in fiction and non-fiction.
In Popular Culture
- Supporter of Western Bulldogs AFL team
Quotes
-
Writing novels is like trying to make a patchwork quilt look seamless.
Source: Interview (1985)
Trivia
- Sacked as teacher in 1972 for sex education lesson
- AFL Western Bulldogs supporter
- Married three times