New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (2003) Winner
Kate Jennings
ケイト・ジェニングス
Keito Jenningusu
Aliases:
Catherine Ruth Jennings
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948-05-20 （Temora, New South Wales, Australia）
- Died
- 2021-05-01 （New York City, New York, U.S.） age 72
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Temora, New South Wales, Australia → Near Griffith, New South Wales, Australia → Sydney, Australia → New York City, U.S.
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Essayist, Memoirist, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1970-2021
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award shortlist (2003, Moral Hazard), Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize shortlist (2003, Moral Hazard), Tasmania Pacific Region Prize shortlist (2003, Moral Hazard)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sydney | — | Arts | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 1960年代後半 | Australia |
University of Sydney
Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Period:
1960年代後半
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
Australia
Graduated with honours
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Steele Rudd Award | Women Falling Down in the Street | — | Australian Literature Awards | winner |
| 1993 | NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize | Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks | — | — | winner |
| 1998 | Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal | — | — | Mildura Writers' Festival | winner |
| 2003 | Australian Literature Society Gold Medal | Moral Hazard | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | NSW Premier's Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | Moral Hazard | フィクション | NSW Government | winner |
| 2003 | Adelaide Festival Fiction Prize | Moral Hazard | — | — | winner |
Steele Rudd Award
1991
Work:
Women Falling Down in the Street
Organization:
Australian Literature Awards
Result:
winner
NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Turnbull Fox Phillips Poetry Prize
1993
Work:
Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks
Result:
winner
Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
1998
Organization:
Mildura Writers' Festival
Result:
winner
Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
2003
Work:
Moral Hazard
Result:
winner
NSW Premier's Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
2003
Work:
Moral Hazard
Category:
フィクション
Organization:
NSW Government
Result:
winner
Adelaide Festival Fiction Prize
2003
Work:
Moral Hazard
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
South Australian Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2004) Winner
Works
Major Works
Snake
1996 NovelA novel about a girl growing up on a Riverina farm in the 1950s with strong autobiographical elements.
Rural lifeFamilyComing of age
Moral Hazard
2002 NovelA novel about a couple facing the husband's Alzheimer's while the wife works as a speechwriter on Wall Street, with strong autobiographical elements.
IllnessMarriageFinance
Women Falling Down in the Street
1990 Short fictionCollection of short stories.
Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks
1993 PoetryPoetry collection.
Stanley and Sophie
2008 MemoirMemoir about her dogs, life in NYC post-9/11, US politics, and encounters in Bali.
Pets9/11Politics
Trouble
2010 MemoirAutobiographical collection of best work over four decades on politics, morality, finance, feminism.
Bibliography
- Snake (1996)
- Moral Hazard (2002)
- Women Falling Down in the Street (1990)
- Come to Me My Melancholy Baby (1975)
- Cats, Dogs and Pitchforks (1993)
- Mother I'm Rooted (1975, edited)
- Save Me, Joe Louis (1988)
- Bad Manners (1993)
- Stanley and Sophie (2008)
- Trouble (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Ferocious truth-tellingHumorObdurate individualityConcise and powerful prose
- Recurring Motifs
- FeminismFinancial malfeasanceFamily and illnessRural life
Legacy
Pioneering figure in Australia's second-wave feminism, acclaimed for poetry, novels, and memoirs. Lived in NYC later, incorporating Wall Street experiences into her work.
In Popular Culture
- Her 1970 Vietnam Moratorium speech credited with starting second-wave feminism in Australia
Trivia
- Gave an incendiary speech at 1970 Vietnam Moratorium march, signaling second-wave feminism in Australia.
- Edited controversial anthology Mother I'm Rooted.
- Worked as a speechwriter on Wall Street.