Elizabeth Jolley dies
March 3rd 2007 10:20
Elizabeth Jolley (1923-2007)
I'm not really all that familiar with her work, but I thought I'd report this anyway (albeit belatedly), as she made quite a dent on Australia's literary scene in her time.
Elizabeth Jolley, probably one of Australia's most decorated authors, passed away on February 13th at the age of 84.
Jolley was born in England and served as a nurse in WWII before emigrating to Australia in the late 50s. Jolley started writing in the 40s but didn't get published until the late 60s, with a few short stories accepted by some magazines. Her first book was published in 1976, though she didn't really make an impression on Australia's literary critics until the mid-80s. In 1986, her book, 'The Well', won the prestigous Miles Franklin Award.
She continued to publish novels and writing collections right up until her death. She also wrote for theatre and radio from the late 80s onwards. She was awarded the AO (Order of Australia) in 1988, and received an honorary doctorate from the Western Australian Institute of Technology, as well as numerous literary prizes. She became Patron of the Perth Theatre Company in 1994 and was made Professor of Creative Writing at Curtin University in Western Australia in 1998.
BILBIOGRAPHY
The Travelling Entertainer (1979)
Palomino (1980)
The Newspaper of Claremont Street (1981)
Miss Peabody's Inheritance (1983)
Mr Scobie's Riddle (1983)
Woman in a Lampshade (1983)
Milk and Honey (novel) (1984)
Foxybaby (1985)
The Well (1986)
The Sugar Mother (1988)
My Father's Moon (1989)
Cabin Fever (1990)
Central Mischief: Elizabeth Jolley on Writing, Her Past and Herself (1992)
The Georges' Wife (1993)
Diary of a Weekend Farmer (1993)
The Orchard Thieves (1995)
Off the Air: Nine Plays for Radio (1995)
Fellow Passengers: Collected Stories of Elizabeth Jolley (1997)
Lovesong (1997)
An Accommodating Spouse (1999)
An Innocent Gentleman (2001)
Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley: Her Life and Work (2006)
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This is a really interesting post with good inclusions. Boy, do you keep it flowing, congrats.
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