ACT Book of the Year
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1995) Winner
Sara Dowse
サラ・ダウス
Sara Dowse
Aliases:
Dale Sara Rosenthal
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1938-11-12 （Chicago, Illinois, USA）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chicago → New York City → Los Angeles → Sydney → Canberra → Sidney, British Columbia → Manly, New South Wales
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Critic, Social commentator, Visual artist, Public servant
- Active Years
- 1970-2024
- Affiliations
- Office of Women's Affairs, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Information Service
- Memberships
- Seven Writers Group
- Nominations
- IMPAC Dublin Literary Award longlist (Sapphires)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian National University | — | Arts | Bachelor of Arts | 1968頃-1972 | Australia |
| University of Sydney | — | — | — | 1959- | Australia |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | — | — | — | 1956-1958 | United States |
Australian National University
Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1968頃-1972
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
Australia
Completed BA after moving to Canberra
University of Sydney
Period:
1959-
Country:
Australia
Night classes intermittently
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Period:
1956-1958
Country:
United States
Dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | ACT Book of the Year | Sapphires | — | Australian Capital Territory | winner |
ACT Book of the Year
1995
Work:
Sapphires
Organization:
Australian Capital Territory
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
West Block
1983 NovelNovel based on her experiences in government, set in Canberra
FeminismBureaucracyCanberra
Silver City
1984 NovelNovelisation of the film about Polish emigrants to Australia
MigrationAustralian society
Schemetime
1990 NovelNovel about an Australian filmmaker in Hollywood
Film industryAmbition
Sapphires
1994 NovelStories based on her grandmother's family from Belarus to US
Jewish historyMigrationFamily
Digging
1996 NovelRevisits themes from West Block from a single mother's perspective
Single motherhoodFeminism
As the Lonely Fly
2017 NovelFamily saga of three Jewish women migrating from Russia to US and Israel, 1904-1967
MigrationJewish womenFamily history
Bibliography
- West Block: The Hidden World of Canberra's Mandarins (1984)
- Silver City (1984)
- Schemetime (1990)
- Sapphires (1994)
- Digging (1996)
- As the Lonely Fly (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Feminist perspectiveVaried stylistic approachesFamily saga
- Recurring Motifs
- Women's liberationMigrationBureaucracyFamily
Legacy
American-born Australian feminist author and former public servant who pioneered women's policy and wrote novels on feminism and social issues
Archives
- National Library of Australia Oral History Archive