Eva Katerina Sallis [1] (also Eva Hornung [2] ) (born 1964) is an Australian novelist, poet, writer and a visiting research fellow at University of Adelaide. [3] She has won several awards, including The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and the Nita May Dobbie Literary Award for her first novel Hiam.
Hornung was born in Bendigo. She has an MA in literature and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Adelaide. Hornung lived in Yemen while undertaking research for her PhD, and now lives and works in Adelaide. [4] [5] [6]
Hornung's first novel, the best-selling Hiam, won the 1997 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and the 1999 Nita May Dobbie Literary Award. Her second novel, City of Sealions, was well received, and her novel-in-stories, Mahjar won the Steele Rudd Award. Her 2005 book Fire Fire, told the story of gifted children growing up in a dysfunctional, loving family in 1970s Australia. Her 2009 novel Dog Boy won the 2010 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction. [7] [8]
Hornung is a human rights activist, helping to found the organisation Australians Against Racism. [9] In 2007 she presented the Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture. [10]
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Hiam, winner 1997 |
| Dobbie Literary Award | Hiam, winner 1999 |
| Steele Rudd Award | Mahjar, winner 2004 |
| Asher Literary Award | The Marsh Birds, winner 2005 |
| The Commonwealth Writers Prize | The Marsh Birds, shortlisted 2005 |
| The Age Book of the Year | The Marsh Birds, shortlisted 2005 |
| The Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Dog Boy, winner 2010 |
| Voss Literary Prize | The Last Garden, shortlisted 2018 |
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