Death of a River Guide
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Death of a River Guide is a 1994 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan
. Death of a River Guide was Flanagan's first novel.
Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan is a novelist from Tasmania, Australia.-Early life:Flanagan was born in Longford, Tasmania, in 1961, the fifth of six children. He is descended from Irish convicts transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1840s. His father is a survivor of the Burma Death Railway. One of his three...
. Death of a River Guide was Flanagan's first novel.
Awards
- Festival Awards for Literature (SA), National Fiction Award, 1996: winner
- 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....
, Shaeffer Pen Prize for First Fiction, 1995: winner - NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1995: shortlisted
- Miles Franklin Literary Award 1995: shortlisted
Interviews
- "The Write Stuff" - interview by Giles Hugo http://www.the-write-stuff.com.au/archives/vol-1/interviews/flanagan.html