Brian Castro
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Brian Albert Castro is an Australian novelist and essayist.
. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/brian.castro. His publisher is Giramondo Publishing http://www.giramondopublishing.com/imprint_titles/shanghai_dancing/brian_castro.html.
He currently lives in the Adelaide Hills with his wife, his step daughters and their dog.
Biography
Castro was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Australia since 1961. He is of Portuguese, Chinese, and English descent. Currently he is Chair of Creative Writing at the University of AdelaideUniversity of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/brian.castro. His publisher is Giramondo Publishing http://www.giramondopublishing.com/imprint_titles/shanghai_dancing/brian_castro.html.
He currently lives in the Adelaide Hills with his wife, his step daughters and their dog.
Awards and nominations
- 1982: Australian/Vogel Literary AwardThe Australian/Vogel Literary AwardThe Australian/Vogel Literary Award is an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money, currently A$20,000, is the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia...
for his first novel, Birds of Passage (shared award) - 1991: Victorian Premier's Literary AwardVictorian Premier's Literary AwardThe 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....
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, plus the Innovative Writing Award. The Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the YearThe Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
. Three prizes for his third novel Double-Wolf - 1992: Victorian Premier's Literary AwardVictorian Premier's Literary AwardThe 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....
for After China - 1997: National Book Council Prize for Fiction for Stepper
- 2004: Victorian Premier's Literary AwardVictorian Premier's Literary AwardThe 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....
for Fiction, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsThe 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...
Christina Stead Fiction Prize and Book of the Year for Shanghai Dancing - 2006: Miles Franklin AwardMiles Franklin AwardThe 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 ...
(Shortlisted), and the Queensland Premier's Literary AwardsQueensland Premier's Literary AwardsThe Queensland Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated in 1999 and have grown to become a leading literary awards program within Australia, with $225,000 in prizemoney over 14 categories. One of Australia's richest prizes, top categories offer up to $25,000 for 1st prize.-Fiction Book...
Fiction Book Award for The Garden Book - 2010: Miles Franklin AwardMiles Franklin AwardThe 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 ...
(Shortlisted), The Bath Fugues
Novels
- Birds of Passage (1983)
- Pomeroy (1990)
- Double-Wolf (1991)
- After China (1992)
- Drift (1994)
- Stepper (1997)
- Shanghai Dancing (2003)
- The Garden BookThe Garden Book-Epigraph:Also a used bookstore, plant and gift store and coffeeshop in the city of San Diego, Calif. for at least a ten-year period between 1990 and finally closing in 2003.-Awards:*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2006: shortlisted...
(2005) - The Bath Fugues (2009)
Non-fiction
- Writing Asia: two lectures (1995)
- Looking for Estrellita: Essays on Culture and Writing (1999)
External links
- Brian Castro at Lythrumpress.com.au
- Brian Castro at Giramondo Publishing
- The Star article – Brian Castro interview – 24 April 2007
- OzArts – Brian Castro
- Bernadette Brennan 'Unpacking Castro's Library, or Detours and Return in The Garden Book ' JASAL Special Issue 2007
- Bernadette Brennan Brian Castro's Fiction: The Seductive Play of Language Cambria Press, 2008