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第21回（1978年） Winner
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第23回（1980年） Winner
Jessica Margaret Anderson
ジェシカ・アンダーソン
Jeshika Andāson
別名:
Jessica Margaret Queale
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1916-09-25 （Gayndah, Queensland, Australia）
- 死没
- 2010-07-09 （Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia） 93歳
- 国籍
- Australian
- 言語
- English
- 宗教
- Church of England
- 居住地歴
- Gayndah, Queensland → Annerley and Yeronga, Brisbane, Queensland → Potts Point and Sydney, New South Wales → London, UK (1937-1940)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, short story writer, radio scriptwriter
- 活動期間
- 1963年〜1994年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Henry James, Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane State High School | — | High school | — | 1928-1933 | Australia |
| Brisbane Technical College Art School | — | Art | — | 1933-1934 | Australia |
Brisbane State High School
High school
期間:
1928-1933
卒業年:
1933
国:
Australia
Brisbane Technical College Art School
Art
期間:
1933-1934
卒業年:
1934
国:
Australia
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Miles Franklin Literary Award | Tirra Lirra by the River | — | Miles Franklin Literary Award | winner |
| 1980 | Miles Franklin Literary Award | The Impersonators | — | Miles Franklin Literary Award | winner |
| 1981 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Fiction Award | The Impersonators | フィクション | New South Wales Government | winner |
Miles Franklin Literary Award
1978
対象作品:
Tirra Lirra by the River
主催:
Miles Franklin Literary Award
結果:
winner
Miles Franklin Literary Award
1980
対象作品:
The Impersonators
主催:
Miles Franklin Literary Award
結果:
winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Fiction Award
1981
対象作品:
The Impersonators
部門:
フィクション
主催:
New South Wales Government
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第3回（1981年） Winner
作品
代表作
Tirra Lirra by the River
1978年 novelElderly Nora Porteous returns to Brisbane after decades away and reflects on her life, exploring themes of suppressed creativity and female self-realization.
female artistic self-realizationlife reflectionsocial constraints
映像化・舞台化
- [radio play] Tirra Lirra by the River (1975)
The Impersonators
1980年 novelSylvia Foley returns to Australia after 20 years in England, observing her family's impersonations constrained by possessions and marriage.
homecomingfamily pretensepursuit of freedom
Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories
1987年 short story collectionSemi-autobiographical stories from childhood in Queensland's 'warm zone' and Sydney life.
family memoriesurban-rural contrastchildhood
全著作
- An Ordinary Lunacy (1963)
- The Last Man's Head (1970)
- The Commandant (1975)
- Tirra Lirra by the River (1978)
- The Impersonators (1980)
- Stories from the Warm Zone and Sydney Stories (1987)
- Taking Shelter (1989)
- One of the Wattle Birds (1994)
作風・主題
- 文体
- detailed psychological portraitsexpansive dialoguefemale perspectives
- 頻出モチーフ
- women's social rolesfamily dynamicshomecoming and returnart and creativity
健康
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speech impediment生涯Hindered formal education and lent a deliberate quality to her speech
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stroke2010年Cause of death
評価・遺産
Important Australian woman writer who won Miles Franklin Award twice. Known as a late bloomer, debuting novels at 47. Commemorated on Sydney Writers Walk plaque.
資料所蔵先
- State Library of Queensland (brother's collections)
- National Library of Australia
大衆文化への影響
- Plaque on Sydney Writers Walk
引用
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They are unwilling servants, those skills we learn too late.
出典: Starting Too Late (Meanjin, 2003) (2003年) -
...it's encouraging to win a prize. But the success of Tirra Lirra, plus the prize it won and the two prizes The Impersonators won, made me feel less private and more vulnerable...
出典: Rooms of Their Own (Jennifer Ellison) (1986年)
豆知識
- Mother of screenwriter Laura Jones
- Late bloomer, first novel published at 47
- Lifelong speech impediment
- Worked in Australian Women's Land Army during WWII