Patrick White Award
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (1992) Winner
Peter Cowan
ピーター・コーエン
Pītā Kōen
Aliases:
Peter Walkinshaw Cowan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-11-04 （South Perth, Western Australia）
- Died
- 2002-06-06 （Guildford, Western Australia） age 87
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Perth, Western Australia → Melbourne, Victoria → Perth, Western Australia (post-war)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1943-2002
- Affiliations
- Scotch College, Perth, University of Western Australia, Westerly literary journal
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley College | — | General Education | — | ~1930 | Australia |
| Perth Technical College | — | General | — | 1930年代 | Australia |
| University of Western Australia | Faculty of Education | English and Geography | 教員資格 | 1938- | Australia |
Wesley College
General Education
Period:
~1930
Year of Graduation:
1930
Country:
Australia
High school equivalent
Perth Technical College
General
Period:
1930年代
Country:
Australia
Matriculation
University of Western Australia
Faculty of Education
/ English and Geography
Degree:
教員資格
Period:
1938-
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
Australia
Teaching qualifications
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction | The Color of the Sky | Fiction | Government of Western Australia | Winner |
| 1986 | Western Australia Week Literary Award | The Color of the Sky | — | — | Winner |
| 1987 | Member of the Order of Australia | — | — | Australian Government | Recipient |
| 1992 | Patrick White Award | — | — | — | Recipient |
| 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Philosophy | — | — | Edith Cowan University | Recipient |
| 2001 | Centenary Medal | — | — | Australian Government | Recipient |
Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction
1986
Work:
The Color of the Sky
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Government of Western Australia
Result:
Winner
Western Australia Week Literary Award
1986
Work:
The Color of the Sky
Result:
Winner
Member of the Order of Australia
1987
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
Recipient
Patrick White Award
1992
Result:
Recipient
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy
1995
Organization:
Edith Cowan University
Result:
Recipient
Centenary Medal
2001
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
Recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Color of the Sky
1986 NovelSummer
1964 NovelSeed
1966 NovelDrift
1944 Short storiesBibliography
- Drift (1944)
- The Unploughed Land (1958)
- Summer (1964)
- The Empty Street (1965)
- Seed (1966)
- The Tins (1973)
- Mobiles (1979)
- The Color of the Sky (1986)
- A Window in Mrs X's Place (1986)
- Voices (1988)
- The Hills of Apollo Bay (1989)
- The Tenants (1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Modernist influences
- Recurring Motifs
- Pioneering history of Western Australia
Legacy
Noted Western Australian writer of short stories, recorder of family pioneering history. Recipient of Patrick White Award.
Museums
- Peter Cowan Writers' Centre Joondalup, Edith Cowan University Opened in 1997
Archives
- University of Western Australia Library Special Collections
In Popular Culture
- Peter Cowan Short Story Competition named in his honor
Trivia
- Grandmother was Australia's first female parliamentarian, Edith Cowan
- Involved in the Angry Penguins modernist movement