Elizabeth Harrower (writer)
Encyclopedia
Elizabeth Harrower is an Australia
n novelist and short story writer.
She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in industrial Newcastle, New South Wales
. She lived in London from 1951 to 1959. On her return to Sydney she worked as a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald
, for the ABC, and in publishing.
Her novels show "a psychological fascination with deep-seated human motivations, fears and obsessions".
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...
n novelist and short story writer.
She was born in Sydney but spent her childhood in industrial Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
. She lived in London from 1951 to 1959. On her return to Sydney she worked as a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
, for the ABC, and in publishing.
Her novels show "a psychological fascination with deep-seated human motivations, fears and obsessions".
Awards and nominations
- 1868: Commonwealth Literary Fund fellowship
- 1974: Australian Council for the Arts fellowship
- 1996: Patrick White award