Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2013) Winner
Melissa Lucashenko
メリッサ・ルカシェンコ
Merissa Rukashenko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-01-01 （Brisbane）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Brisbane, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Sisters Inside (founding member)
- Nominations
- NSW Premier's Literary Awards (multiple), Stella Prize (multiple shortlists/longlists)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith University | — | public policy | honours degree | — | Australia |
Griffith University
public policy
Degree:
honours degree
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Miles Franklin Award | Too Much Lip | — | — | Won |
| 2019 | Queensland Literary Awards | Too Much Lip | Queensland Premier's Award | — | Won |
| 2013 | Walkley Awards | Sinking Below Sight | Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words) | — | Won |
| 2014 | Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Mullumbimby | Indigenous Writing | — | Won |
| 2024 | ARA Historical Novel Prize | Edenglassie | — | — | Won |
Miles Franklin Award
2019
Work:
Too Much Lip
Result:
Won
Queensland Literary Awards
2019
Work:
Too Much Lip
Category:
Queensland Premier's Award
Result:
Won
Walkley Awards
2013
Work:
Sinking Below Sight
Category:
Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words)
Result:
Won
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
2014
Work:
Mullumbimby
Category:
Indigenous Writing
Result:
Won
ARA Historical Novel Prize
2024
Work:
Edenglassie
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Miles Franklin Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2019) Winner
ARA Historical Novel Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 5 (2024) Winner
Works
Major Works
Too Much Lip
2018 Literary fictionA novel portraying Indigenous family, land, and generational trauma
Indigenous culturegenerational traumahumour
Adaptations
- [Film] Too Much Lip (in development) / Veronica Gleeson (co-writer)
Edenglassie
2023 Historical novelCaptures brutal realities of colonisation and resilience of Indigenous cultures
ColonisationIndigenous resilience
Mullumbimby
2013 Literary fictionSteam Pigs
1997 Literary fictionBibliography
- Steam Pigs (1997)
- Killing Darcy (1998)
- Hard Yards (1999)
- Too Flash (2002)
- Uptown Girl (2002)
- Mullumbimby (2013)
- Too Much Lip (2018)
- Edenglassie (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Acerbic humourunvarnished portraitraw language
- Recurring Motifs
- Indigenous identitypovertyfamily trauma
Legacy
Prominent Indigenous Australian writer, winner of Miles Franklin Award and others.
Trivia
- Bundjalung and Ukrainian heritage.
- Founding member of Sisters Inside.