New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1979) Winner
Charles Manning Hope Clark
チャールズ・マニング・ホープ・クラーク
Chāruzu Manningu Hōpu Kurāku
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-03-03 （Sydney, New South Wales, Australia）
- Died
- 1991-05-23 （Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia） age 76
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Anglican
- Residence History
- Sydney, New South Wales → Melbourne, Victoria → Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, University Professor
- Active Years
- 1938-1991
- Affiliations
- University of Melbourne, Australian National University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA)
- Influenced By
- Thomas Carlyle, Edward Gibbon, Thomas Macaulay
- Influenced
- Geoffrey Serle, Lyndall Ryan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Grammar School | — | General Education | — | 1920s-1933 | Australia |
| University of Melbourne | Faculty of Arts | History Department | Bachelor | 1933-1937 | Australia |
| University of Oxford | Balliol College | History | Master of Arts | 1938-1940 | United Kingdom |
Melbourne Grammar School
General Education
Period:
1920s-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
Australia
Equal dux
University of Melbourne
Faculty of Arts
/ History Department
Degree:
Bachelor
Period:
1933-1937
Year of Graduation:
1935
Country:
Australia
Firsts in ancient history and British history
University of Oxford
Balliol College
/ History
Degree:
Master of Arts
Period:
1938-1940
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United Kingdom
Thesis on Alexis de Tocqueville
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Companion of the Order of Australia | — | — | Australian Government | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Australian Literature Society Gold Medal | A History of Australia | — | Australian Literature Society | 受賞 |
| 1974 | The Age Non-Fiction Award | A History of Australia | — | The Age | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction | A History of Australia | — | New South Wales Government | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Australian of the Year | — | — | Australian Government | 受賞 |
Companion of the Order of Australia
1975
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
受賞
Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
1970
Work:
A History of Australia
Organization:
Australian Literature Society
Result:
受賞
The Age Non-Fiction Award
1974
Work:
A History of Australia
Organization:
The Age
Result:
受賞
Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
1979
Work:
A History of Australia
Organization:
New South Wales Government
Result:
受賞
Australian of the Year
1980
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A History of Australia
1962 HistoryComprehensive general history of Australia in six volumes, from earliest times to 1935, focusing on clash between European values and harsh environment.
ProtestantismCatholicismEnlightenmentTragedyFailure
Bibliography
- Select Documents in Australian History 1788-1850 (1950)
- A History of Australia Vol.1 (1962)
- A History of Australia Vol.2 (1968)
- A History of Australia Vol.3 (1973)
- A History of Australia Vol.4 (1978)
- A History of Australia Vol.5 (1981)
- A History of Australia Vol.6 (1987)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Epic narrativeLiteraryBiblical allusionsPsychological focus
- Recurring Motifs
- Tragic flawsClash of faithsSpiritual decline into materialism
Health
-
Epilepsy1930s-生涯（軽度）Exempted from military service
-
Heart disease1980s-1991Required bypass surgery, affected health
Legacy
Australia's most famous historian, author of the landmark six-volume A History of Australia.
Museums
- Manning Clark House Forrest, Canberra Opened in 2000
Academic Societies
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
In Popular Culture
- Manning Clark's History of Australia – The Musical (1988)
Quotes
-
Everything a historian writes should be a celebration of life, a hymn of praise to life.
Source: A Discovery of Australia (1976)
Trivia
- Australian of the Year (1980)
- Subject of ASIO surveillance but not a communist
- Grandfather of historian Anna Clark