Alice Spigelman

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Alice Eve-Marie Spigelman AM is a Hungarian-born Australian clinical psychologist, writer and human rights advocate. She is currently chair of Sculpture by the Sea. Her most recent book is The Budapest Job, a thriller set in 1989, at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union. She has written a play A Kind of Reunion, to be premiered in Sydney, NSW in December 2020.

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Early life and education

Spigelman was born in Hungary [1] and came to Sydney with her family in 1956. [2] On arrival in Sydney, with little English, she started school at Santa Sabina College. She has a BA and MA and a postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology from the University of Sydney. [3]

Career

Following publication of her biography of architect Harry Seidler, Spigelman gave a speech on him at The Sydney Institute in April 2011 which was subsequently published in Sydney Papers, vol. 13, no. 2 in 2001. [4] [5]

Spigelman was, at one time, marketing director of The Benevolent Society, director of the Bundanon Trust, National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australian Institute of Music and the Rural Leadership Program. [6] She became a director of Australia for UNHCR in February 2006 and was chair of the Women's Projects Committee in 2014. [6] Spigelman was a member of the Advisory Council, Faculty of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales. [7] She is also a member of the advisory board of the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, which helps members of the Stolen Generation to take control of their future. [8]

Spigelman joined the Board of Sculpture by the Sea in 2010 and became chair in 2016. [9]

Awards and recognition

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours Spigelman was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to the community as an advocate for human rights and social justice, particularly for women and refugees, and through contributions to cultural organisations". [10]

Works

Nonfiction

Fiction

Personal

She is the wife of James Spigelman, former Chief Justice of New South Wales, former Chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was best man at their wedding in Paris. [12] Garry Shead's portrait of Spigelman was a finalist for the 1994 Archibald Prize. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Spigelman, Alice (2018). The Budapest job. Brandl & Schlesinger. ISBN   9780648202653.
  2. ↑ "Alice Spigelman". Brandl & Schlesinger Book Publishers. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Our board & team". Sculpture by the Sea. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Alice Spigelman". The Sydney Institute. November 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Spigelman, Alice (Autumn 2001). "Harry Seidler - a Life". The Sydney Papers. 13 (2): 120.
  6. 1 2 "2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Australia for UNHCR. 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Advisory Council Member receives Queen's Birthday 2012 Honours". Built Environment, University of New South Wales. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "About Us". Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Our Board". Sculpture by the Sea. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Spigelman, Alice Eve-Marie". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "Staged Reading Series: A Kind of Reunion". Moira Blumenthal Productions. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "ABC farewells Chairman James Spigelman". About the ABC. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "More than 30 portraits in final Archibald selection". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 16 March 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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