Prime Minister's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2008) Winner
Steven Conte
すてぃーぶん・こんて
Sutībun Conte
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1966 （Sydney, New South Wales）
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney, New South Wales → Guyra, New South Wales → Armidale, New South Wales → Canberra → Melbourne → Koroit, Victoria
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Nominations
- Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region — Best First Book shortlist (2008, The Zookeeper's War), Walter Scott Prize shortlist (2021, The Tolstoy Estate)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Armidale School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Canberra | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| Australian Defence Force Academy | — | Australian Literature | Master's degree | — | Australia |
| University of Melbourne | — | Creative Writing | PhD | — | Australia |
The Armidale School
Country:
Australia
in Armidale, New South Wales
University of Canberra
Country:
Australia
Australian Defence Force Academy
Australian Literature
Degree:
Master's degree
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
Australia
University of NSW, Canberra, as a civilian
University of Melbourne
Creative Writing
Degree:
PhD
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Prime Minister's Literary Award | The Zookeeper's War | Fiction | Australian Government | winner |
Prime Minister's Literary Award
2008
Work:
The Zookeeper's War
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Zookeeper's War
2007 historical fiction
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Translations
- Translations in Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
The Tolstoy Estate
2020 historical fictionBibliography
- The Zookeeper's War (2007), The Tolstoy Estate (2020)
Translations of Works
- Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch editions (The Zookeeper's War)
Legacy
Australian novelist who won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2008 for The Zookeeper's War. His fiction has been published in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland, and translated in Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands.
Trivia
- He is the parent of a son with non-verbal autism.