Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1986) Winner
John Morrison
ジョン・モリソン
Jon Morison
Aliases:
John Gordon Morrison
Pen Names:
Gordon（Pen name used for early publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1904-01-29 （Sunderland, U.K.）
- Died
- 1998-05-11 （Melbourne） age 94
- Nationality
- British, Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Sunderland, England → Wanganella, New South Wales, Australia → Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Labourer, Gardener, Writer
- Active Years
- 1923-1998
- Affiliations
- Communist Party of Australia, Realist Writers Group
- Memberships
- Communist Party of Australia, Realist Writers Group
- Influenced
- John Behan, Alan Marshall
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Commonwealth Literary Fund grant | — | — | Commonwealth Literary Fund | Granted |
| 1949 | Commonwealth Literary Fund grant | — | — | Commonwealth Literary Fund | Granted |
| 1963 | ALS Gold Medal | — | — | Australian Literature Society | Winner |
| 1986 | Patrick White Literary Award | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1989 | Member of the Order of Australia (AM) | — | — | Government of Australia | Honor |
Commonwealth Literary Fund grant
1948
Organization:
Commonwealth Literary Fund
Result:
Granted
Commonwealth Literary Fund grant
1949
Organization:
Commonwealth Literary Fund
Result:
Granted
ALS Gold Medal
1963
Organization:
Australian Literature Society
Result:
Winner
Patrick White Literary Award
1986
Result:
Winner
Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
1989
Organization:
Government of Australia
Result:
Honor
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Creeping City
1949 FictionPort of Call
1950 FictionBibliography
- The Creeping City (1949)
- Port of Call (1950)
- Sailors Belong Ships (1947)
- Black Cargo (1955)
- Twenty-Three: Stories (1962)
- John Morrison, Selected Stories (1972)
- North Wind (1982)
- Stories of the Waterfront (1984)
- This Freedom (1985)
- The Best Stories of John Morrison (1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealismProletarian literature
- Recurring Motifs
- Working class lifeWaterfront experiencesNature and freedom
Legacy
British-born Australian novelist and short story writer known for realist depictions of working-class life. Recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award.
Archives
- University of Melbourne Archives
In Popular Culture
- The John Morrison Short Story Award instituted in 1974
Quotes
-
Morrison likened the writer to the man who comes across an interesting rock or stone and puts it in his pocket. For months, perhaps years, he carries it about, rolling it in his hands from time to time until it is polished. His stories, he said, were like these stones.”
Source: The Happy Warrior (1987)
Trivia
- Migrated to Australia in 1923.
- Worked as a wharf labourer in Melbourne, influencing his writing.