Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2000) Winner
Samantha Gillison
サマンサ・ギリソン
Samantha Gillison
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-01-01 （Australia）
- Nationality
- Australian, American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Australia (birth) → Papua New Guinea → United States
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, journalist
- Active Years
- 1998-2024
- Affiliations
- Salon.com, Condé Nast Traveler
- Influenced By
- Peter Carey
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University | — | ancient Greek | — | — | United States |
| Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) | — | — | — | — | United States |
Brown University
ancient Greek
Country:
United States
Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Whiting Award | The Undiscovered Country | — | Whiting Foundation | recipient |
Whiting Award
2000
Work:
The Undiscovered Country
Organization:
Whiting Foundation
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Undiscovered Country
1998 novelHer first novel set in Papua New Guinea.
The King of America
2004 novelHer second novel.
Bibliography
- The Undiscovered Country (1998)
- The King of America (2004)
- Samantha, The World's Youngest Anthro-ethnographer (1979)
Legacy
Known as a Whiting Award recipient, writer contributing to Salon.com and Condé Nast Traveler.
Trivia
- Lived overseas since age two but retains Australian citizenship.
- Mother was an anthropologist, father a photographer.
- Wrote an article for Children's Express at age 11.