Lin Van Hek
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Lin Van Hek (aka Lin Van Hecke) is an Australia
n writer
, member of the Society of Women Writers and is the co-founder of a literary-music group called Difficult Women
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Van Hek was born in Melbourne
but lived in Europe and India for some years. She is an advocate of hand-made houses and lived in a stone house on the Brass Knocker Creek near the Wadbilliga River
and state forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales
.
Van Hek is a singer, songwriter and poet and co-wrote and sang the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator
film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.
Lin Van Hek worked with a group of women in North Vietnam designing, manufacturing and trading in ethical, non-exploitative hand-embroidered silk garments and textiles.
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 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....
, member of the Society of Women Writers and is the co-founder of a literary-music group called Difficult Women
Difficult Women
Difficult Women is a literary-folk music cabaret created in 1992, in Melbourne, Australia, by Lin Van Hek and Joe Dolce and has been performing internationally for 15 years....
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Van Hek was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
but lived in Europe and India for some years. She is an advocate of hand-made houses and lived in a stone house on the Brass Knocker Creek near the Wadbilliga River
Wadbilliga River
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and state forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
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Van Hek is a singer, songwriter and poet and co-wrote and sang the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator
The Terminator
The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Orion Pictures, and filmed in Los...
film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.
Lin Van Hek worked with a group of women in North Vietnam designing, manufacturing and trading in ethical, non-exploitative hand-embroidered silk garments and textiles.
Novels
- The Hanging Girl (Misfit Books, 1988)
- The Ballad of Siddy Church (Spinifex, 1997)
- Katherine Mansfield's Black Paper Fan (Difficult Women, 2010)
Short story collections
- The Slain Lamb Stories (Independent, 1979)
- Anna's Box : selected short stories (Difficult Women, 2006)
Short stories in anthologies
- Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women’s Lives, edited by Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (Spinifex Press, c2003)
- Horse Dreams: The Meaning of Horses in Women’s Lives, edited by Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (Spinifex Press, 2004)