The Australian / Vogel Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1989) Winner
Mandy Sayer
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Mandy Sayer
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1963-01-01 （Marrickville, New South Wales）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney → New York City → New Orleans → Indiana → Sydney (again)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, narrative non-fiction writer, poet, columnist, journalist
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney
- Influenced By
- Patrick White, Yusef Komunyakaa
- Nominations
- Ned Kelly Award finalist (The Cross), Nita Kibble Literary Award shortlist (The Cross), International Dublin Literary Award nomination (The Cross)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University | — | English and Creative Writing | MA | 1985頃 | United States |
| University of Technology Sydney | — | Literature | Doctorate | 1995以降 | Australia |
Indiana University
English and Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Period:
1985頃
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
United States
Member of the Bill Evans Dance Company. Studied narrative non-fiction with Maxine Hong Kingston.
University of Technology Sydney
Literature
Degree:
Doctorate
Period:
1995以降
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | National Biography Award | Dreamtime Alice | Biography | — | winner |
| 2000 | Australian Audio Book of the Year | Dreamtime Alice | — | — | winner |
| 2006 | South Australian Premier's Award for Non-Fiction | Velocity | Non-Fiction | — | winner |
| 2006 | The Age Book of the Year (Non-Fiction) | Velocity | Non-Fiction | — | winner |
| 1990 | The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Mood Indigo | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Davitt Award | The Night has a Thousand Eyes | Young Adult Fiction | — | winner |
| 2021 | Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship | Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s First Female Filmmaking Team | — | — | recipient |
National Biography Award
2000
Work:
Dreamtime Alice
Category:
Biography
Result:
winner
Australian Audio Book of the Year
2000
Work:
Dreamtime Alice
Result:
winner
South Australian Premier's Award for Non-Fiction
2006
Work:
Velocity
Category:
Non-Fiction
Result:
winner
The Age Book of the Year (Non-Fiction)
2006
Work:
Velocity
Category:
Non-Fiction
Result:
winner
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
1990
Work:
Mood Indigo
Result:
winner
Davitt Award
2008
Work:
The Night has a Thousand Eyes
Category:
Young Adult Fiction
Result:
winner
Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
2021
Work:
Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia’s First Female Filmmaking Team
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Davitt Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
Dreamtime Alice
1998 MemoirMemoir based on busking experiences with her father in the US.
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Velocity
2005 MemoirMemoir about her unconventional and chaotic childhood.
childhoodfamily breakdown
Mood Indigo
1990 NovelDebut novel. Winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award.
The Poet's Wife
2014 MemoirMemoir about her marriage to Yusef Komunyakaa.
marriagedivorceliterature
Bibliography
- Dreamtime Alice
- Velocity
- The Poet's Wife
- Coco: Autobiography of my Dog
- Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History
- Misfits and Me: Collected Non-Fiction
- Those Dashing McDonagh Sisters: Australia's First Female Filmmaking Team
- Mood Indigo
- Blind Luck
- The Cross
- The Night has a Thousand Eyes
- Love in the Years of Lunacy
- Fifteen Kinds of Desire
- In the Gutter ... Looking at the Stars
- The Australian Long Story
Legacy
Prominent Australian novelist and narrative non-fiction writer, acclaimed for her memoirs.
Trivia
- Began writing poetry and stories at age six.
- Parents separated at age ten.
- Busked in US streets with father for three years.
- Married and divorced Yusef Komunyakaa.
- Married to Louis Nowra.