Amanda Lohrey
Encyclopedia
Amanda Francis Lillian Lohrey, (born 13 April 1947), in Hobart
, Tasmania
, Australia
) is a writer
, and novelist. She completed her education at the University of Tasmania
before taking up a scholarship at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney
. Since 2002 she has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland
.
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) is a writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and novelist. She completed her education at the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
before taking up a scholarship at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. Since 2002 she has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
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Awards
| The Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ... |
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| International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is an international literary award for a work of fiction, jointly sponsored by the city of Dublin, Ireland and the company IMPAC. At €100,000 it is one of the richest literary prizes in the world... |
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| Australian Literature Society Gold Medal |
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| Victorian Premier's Literary Award Victorian Premier's Literary Award The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry.... |
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| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established in 1979 by the New South Wales Premier Neville Wran. Commenting on its purpose, Wran said: "We want the arts to take, and be seen to take, their proper place in our social priorities... |
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Novels
- The Morality of Gentlemen (1984)
- The Reading Group (1988)
- Camille's Bread (1995)
- The Philosopher's Doll (2004)
- Vertigo (2008)
- Reading Madame Bovary (2010)
Essays
- An essay in Secrets by Drusilla Modjeska, Amanda Lohrey, Robert Dessaix. Pan MacMillan, 1997
- Reading Madame Bovary. The Best Australian Stories 2002, pp. 14 - 39. Black Inc/Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd
- Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens Quarterly Essay 8. 2002 pp. 1 - 86. Black Inc/Schwartz Publishing Pty Ltd
- Writing The Morality of Gentlemen. Hecate, Vol. 30, 2004 pp. 193 - 200. Hecate Press
- Enrolment Daze, The MonthlyThe MonthlyThe Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer Morry Schwartz...
, No.7, November 2005 - Celebrating the secular. Cultural Studies Review, Vol. 12, 2006 pp. 202 - 206 John Libbey & Company Pty Ltd
- Voting for Jesus, Christianity and Politics in Australia. Quarterly Essay 22. 2006. Black Inc.
- Green Christine, The MonthlyThe MonthlyThe Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer Morry Schwartz...
, No.31, February 2008
External links
- http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2413479.htm Transcript of interview with Ramona KovalRamona KovalRamona Koval is an Australian broadcaster, writer and journalist.Her parents were Yiddish-speaking survivors of the Holocaust who arrived in Melbourne from Poland in 1950....
, the Book ShowThe Book ShowThe Book Show is an Australian ABC radio program for the discussion of everything relating to the written word. It is broadcast live around Australia on Radio National with a daily weekday morning show which is then replayed nightly and also has a Sunday evening show. The show is hosted by Ramona...
, ABC Radio National, on her novel Vertigo, 10 November 2008.