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Peter Corris

ピーター・コリス

Pītā Korisu

Aliases: Peter Robert Corris

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-05-08 （Stawell, Victoria）
Died
2018-08-30 （Sydney, New South Wales） age 76
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Stawell, Victoria → Sydney

Career

Occupations
writer, historian, journalist, academic lecturer
Active Years
1973-2017
Affiliations
National Times (literary editor)
Nominations
2004 Ned Kelly Awards Best Fiction nominated for Master's Mates, 2006 Ned Kelly Awards Best Fiction shortlisted for Saving Billie, 2007 Ned Kelly Awards Best Fiction shortlisted for The Undertow, 2008 Ned Kelly Awards Best Fiction nominated for Appeal Denied and Open File

Education

Melbourne High School
secondary education
Period: 高校時代
Country: Australia
Secondary school education
University of Melbourne
history
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 学士課程
Country: Australia
Monash University
history
Degree: Master of Arts
Period: 修士課程
Country: Australia
MA in history
Australian National University
history
Degree: PhD
Period: 博士課程
Country: Australia
PhD on South Seas Islander slave trade (Kanakas)

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards
1999
Category: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner
Ned Kelly Awards
2009
Work: Deep Water
Category: Best Fiction
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Dying Trade

1980 crime fiction

First Cliff Hardy novel featuring private investigator Cliff Hardy in Sydney.

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The Empty Beach

1983 crime fiction

Cliff Hardy investigates a case at the beach.

detectivebeachmystery

Deep Water

2009 crime fiction

Ned Kelly Award winner featuring Cliff Hardy.

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Style & Themes

Literary Style
hard-boiled stylerealistic Sydney settingspioneering crime fiction
Recurring Motifs
Cliff Hardyprivate eyediabetes subplotsAustralian society

Health

  • type-1 diabetes
    生涯 (診断後不明)
    Led to creeping blindness, causing cessation of novel writing in 2017

Legacy

Dubbed the 'Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing' for his 29 Cliff Hardy novels. Plaque on Sydney Writers Walk.

In Popular Culture

  • Plaque on Sydney Writers Walk

Quotes

  • I got sick of the literary editor shit. I got fucking sick of new books...
    Source: Interview (Pulp Curry) (2013)

Trivia

  • Married to writer Jean Bedford.
  • Wrote autobiography on living with type-1 diabetes: Sweet & Sour.
  • Cliff Hardy series spans 29 novels.