The Australian / Vogel Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2011) Winner
Rohan Wilson
ローハン・ウィルソン
Rohan Wilson
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (birthplace, raised, currently lives) → Japan (around 2003, several years as English teacher)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, writer, English teacher
- Active Years
- 2011-2024
- Nominations
- 2019 Queensland Literary Awards Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award finalist (Daughter of Bad Times), 2019 Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award finalist (Daughter of Bad Times)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tasmania | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Southern Queensland | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Melbourne | — | — | Master of Arts | — | Australia |
University of Tasmania
Country:
Australia
degrees and diplomas
University of Southern Queensland
Country:
Australia
degrees and diplomas
University of Melbourne
Degree:
Master of Arts
Country:
Australia
MA thesis: The Roving Party: Extinction Discourse in the Literature of Tasmania
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | The Roving Party | unpublished manuscript | The Australian / Vogel | winner |
| 2012 | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | The Roving Party | UTS Award for New Writing | Government of New South Wales | winner |
| 2012 | The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year | — | — | The Sydney Morning Herald | co-winner |
| 2013 | Tasmania Book Prizes | The Roving Party | Margaret Scott Prize | Tasmanian Government | winner |
| 2015 | Tasmania Book Prize | To Name Those Lost | People's Choice Award | Tasmanian Government | winner |
| 2016 | Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | To Name Those Lost | The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction | State Government of Victoria | winner |
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
2011
Work:
The Roving Party
Category:
unpublished manuscript
Organization:
The Australian / Vogel
Result:
winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
2012
Work:
The Roving Party
Category:
UTS Award for New Writing
Organization:
Government of New South Wales
Result:
winner
The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist of the Year
2012
Organization:
The Sydney Morning Herald
Result:
co-winner
Tasmania Book Prizes
2013
Work:
The Roving Party
Category:
Margaret Scott Prize
Organization:
Tasmanian Government
Result:
winner
Tasmania Book Prize
2015
Work:
To Name Those Lost
Category:
People's Choice Award
Organization:
Tasmanian Government
Result:
winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
2016
Work:
To Name Those Lost
Category:
The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
Organization:
State Government of Victoria
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 4 (2013) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Roving Party
2011 historical fictionTo Name Those Lost
2014 historical fictionDaughter of Bad Times
2019 historical fictionBibliography
- The Roving Party (2011)
- To Name Those Lost (2014)
- Daughter of Bad Times (2019)
Legacy
Australian novelist acclaimed for novels dealing with Tasmanian history, recipient of multiple major literary awards.
Trivia
- Born and raised in Launceston, Tasmania, where he currently lives.
- Worked as an English teacher in Japan for several years starting in 2003.