Английская Википедия:Gillian Mears
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox writer Gillian Mears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist. Her books Ride a Cock Horse and The Grass Sister won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. The Mint Lawn won The Australian/Vogel Award.[1] In 2003, A Map of the Gardens won the Steele Rudd Award.[2]
Life
Mears was born at Lismore Base Hospital, and raised in Grafton, New South Wales where she was school dux of Grafton High School.[3]
She moved to Sydney to study at university, beginning a degree in archaeology at the University of Sydney having been inspired to pursue a career in archaeology after reading Gods, Graves and Scholars by C. W. Ceram. At the age of 18, she withdrew from the course, and instead completed a degree in communications at University of Technology, Sydney.[3]
She lived near Grafton, New South Wales. She died in May 2016 after living with multiple sclerosis for seventeen years.[4]
Bernadette Brennan has written a biography of Gillian Mears.[5]
Awards and honours
- 1989 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, Ride a Cock Horse
- 1990 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, winner, The Mint Lawn
- 1996 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, The Grass Sister
- 2003 Steele Rudd Award, winner, A Map of the Gardens
- 2011 Colin Roderick Award, winner, Foal's Bread
- 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award, shortlist, Foal's Bread[6]
- 2012 Miles Franklin Award, shortlist, Foal's Bread
- 2012 Australian Literature Society, Gold Medal, Foal's Bread[7]
- 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Fiction Award, Foal's Bread[8]
Works
Novels
- The Mint Lawn, Allen & Unwin, 1991, Шаблон:ISBN
- The Grass Sister, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995, Шаблон:ISBN
- Foal's Bread, Allen & Unwin, 2011, Шаблон:ISBN
Short stories
- Ride a Cock Horse Pascoe Publishing, 1988, Шаблон:ISBN
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- Collected stories, University of Queensland Press, 1997, Шаблон:ISBN
- A map of the gardens: stories, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2002, Шаблон:ISBN[9]
Non-fiction
- Paradise is a place, Photographer Sandy Edwards, Random House Australia, 1997, Шаблон:ISBN
Essays
- Alive in Ant and Bee
- Fairy Death
Children's book
- The Cat with the Coloured Tail, Walker Books, 2015, Шаблон:ISBN (illustrated by Dinale Dabarera)
References
Further reading
External links
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