Prime Minister's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (2016) Winner
Lisa Gorton
リサ・ゴートン
Risa Gōton
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1972
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, literary editor, essayist
- Active Years
- 1993-2024
- Affiliations
- Australian Book Review (former poetry editor), Island Magazine (poetry editor since 2021)
- Nominations
- Queensland Literary Awards Judith Wright Calanthe Award (2013, shortlisted for Hotel Hyperion), Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Poetry (2014, shortlisted for Hotel Hyperion), Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (2020 shortlisted for Empirical; 2023 shortlisted for Mirabilia)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Melbourne | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Oxford | — | Renaissance Literature | DPhil | — | United Kingdom |
University of Melbourne
Country:
Australia
University of Oxford
Renaissance Literature
Degree:
DPhil
Country:
United Kingdom
Rhodes Scholar. MPhil in Renaissance Literature and DPhil on John Donne.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry | Press Release | Poetry | State Government of Victoria | winner |
| 2016 | Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction | The Life of Houses | Fiction | Australian Government | joint winner |
| 2016 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards People's Choice Award | The Life of Houses | Fiction | State Government of New South Wales | winner |
| 2014 | Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal | Hotel Hyperion | — | — | winner |
Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
1994
Result:
winner
Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry
2008
Work:
Press Release
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
State Government of Victoria
Result:
winner
Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction
2016
Work:
The Life of Houses
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
joint winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards People's Choice Award
2016
Work:
The Life of Houses
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
State Government of New South Wales
Result:
winner
Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal
2014
Work:
Hotel Hyperion
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Press Release
2007 poetry collectionAward-winning poetry collection.
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Hotel Hyperion
2012 poetry collectionAward-winning poetry collection.
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Empirical
2019 poetry collectionPoetry collection exploring place and poetry.
sense of place3D thought
Mirabilia
2022 poetry collectionLatest poetry collection.
The Life of Houses
2015 novelNovel about the lives of houses. Multiple literary awards.
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Bibliography
- Press Release (2007)
- Hotel Hyperion (2012)
- Cloudland (2008)
- Empirical (2019)
- The Life of Houses (2015)
- Mirabilia (2022)
- The Best Australian Poems 2013 (ed., 2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ekphrastic poetrymetaphor-richsense of place
- Recurring Motifs
- housesplacehistorical texts
Legacy
Prominent Australian poet and novelist known for multiple award-winning poetry collections and novels. Interested in ekphrastic poetry, highly regarded by critics. Granddaughter of former Prime Minister John Gorton.
Quotes
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how a feeling for place originates
Source: Interview in Rabbit magazine -
an important voice is breaking through here: assured, polyphonic and, for all its quietness, visionary
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (2019)
Trivia
- She is the granddaughter of former Australian Prime Minister John Gorton.
- Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.