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Kim Scott

キム・スコット

Kimu Sukotto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-02-18 （Perth, Western Australia）
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Perth, Western Australia → Coolbellup, a southern suburb of Fremantle

Career

Occupations
novelist, English teacher, Professor of Writing
Active Years
1993-
Affiliations
Curtin University, The Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT)
Memberships
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA), Royal Society of Literature International Writer
Nominations
2019 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Fiction, shortlisted

Awards

Miles Franklin Literary Award
2000
Work: Benang
Organization: Miles Franklin Literary Award
Result: 受賞
Miles Franklin Literary Award
2011
Work: That Deadman Dance
Organization: Miles Franklin Literary Award
Result: 受賞
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
1999
Work: Benang
Category: Fiction Award
Organization: Government of Western Australia
Result: 受賞
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
2011
Work: That Deadman Dance
Category: Fiction Award and Premier's Prize
Organization: Government of Western Australia
Result: 受賞
Kate Challis RAKA Award
2001
Work: Benang
Category: Creative Prose
Result: 受賞
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
2011
Work: That Deadman Dance
Category: Best Book south-east Asia and the Pacific
Result: 受賞
ALS Gold Medal
2011
Work: That Deadman Dance
Result: 受賞
Queensland Literary Awards
2018
Work: Taboo
Category: University of Queensland Fiction Book Award
Result: 受賞
Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing
2019
Work: Taboo
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Benang

1999 novel

Explores the problem of self-identity faced by light-skinned Aboriginal people and government assimilationist policies.

Aboriginal identityassimilation policiesfamily history

That Deadman Dance

2010 novel

Explores early 19th-century interactions between Noongar people, British colonists, and American whalers.

colonial eracultural exchangeNoongar culture

True Country

1993 novel

His first novel.

Aboriginal experiences

Taboo

2017 novel

Deals with contemporary Indigenous themes.

taboohealing

Bibliography

  • True Country (1993)
  • Benang (1999)
  • Lost (2006)
  • That Deadman Dance (2010)
  • Taboo (2017)
  • Kayang and Me (2005, non-fiction)
  • The Dredgersaurus (2001, children's picture book)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
semi-autobiographicalinfluenced by oral history
Recurring Motifs
Aboriginal identitylegacy of colonialismNoongar culture

Legacy

First Indigenous winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Noongar descendant known for exploring identity and colonial history.

Academic Societies

  • Australian Academy of the Humanities

Trivia

  • Descendant of the Noongar people.
  • Inducted into Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame (2020).