Brenda Walker
Brenda Walker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Grafton, New South Wales |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1983–2010 |
| Notable works | The Wing of Night "Reading by Moonlight" |
| Notable awards | Nita Kibble Literary Award 2006, 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction, 2010 The Asher Award, 2007 |
Brenda Walker (born 1957 in Grafton, New South Wales) is an Australian writer. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. She is now a Winthrop Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia. She has been a visiting fellow at Stanford University and The University of Virginia.
Brenda Walker is the sister of songwriter and musician Don Walker, and daughter of author Shirley Walker.[1]
Awards
[edit]- 2011: Nita Kibble Literary Award, winner for "Reading by Moonlight"
- 2010: Victorian Premier's Awards, Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction, winner for "Reading by Moonlight"
- 2010: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for "Reading by Moonlight"
- 2007: Asher Award, winner for The Wing of Night[2]
- 2006: Nita Kibble Literary Award, winner for The Wing of Night
- 2006: Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for The Wing of Night
- 2006: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, shortlisted for The Wing of Night
- 2006: Waverley Library Award for Literature, The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize: winner for The Wing of Night[3]
- 2000: Victorian Premier's Literary Award, shortlisted for Poe's Cat
- 2000: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize, Shortlisted for "Poe's Cat"
- 1990: T. A. G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished manuscript, winner for Crush[4]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Crush (1991)
- One More River (1993)
- Poe's Cat (1999)
- The Wing of Night (2005)
Memoir
[edit]- Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life (2010)
Edited
[edit]- The Writer's Reader: A Guide to Writing Fiction and Poetry (2002)
References
[edit]- ^ Stephen Romei (28 July 2011). "Kibble Literary Award stays in the family as daughter follows in light of mother". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ Other Award Winners
- ^ Waverley Library Creates Award to Honour Buzo
- ^ "Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award winners". 2 September 2005.
References
[edit]- "Walker, Brenda". Austlit. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
