Gail Jones (writer)

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Gail Jones
Born Harvey, Western Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Education University of Melbourne
University of Western Australia (BA, PhD)
Years active1982–present
Notable works Dreams of Speaking , Sixty Lights , The Death of Noah Glass

Gail Jones is an Australian novelist and academic.

Early life and career

Gail Jones was born in Harvey, Western Australia. She grew up in Broome and Kalgoorlie. [1] She studied fine arts briefly at the University of Melbourne before returning to Western Australia where she took her undergraduate degree and PhD from the University of Western Australia in 1994. [2] Her thesis was titled Mimesis and alterity: postcolonialism, ethnography and the representation of racial 'others'. She is currently Professor of Writing in the Writing and Society Research School at the Western Sydney University. [3]

Contents

Jones has also contributed content for an art exhibition, The floating world by Jo Darbyshire (2009). [4]

Since 2017 Jones has been involved in a research project Other Worlds: Forms of 'World Literature', for which she is leading a theme titled 'Form as Encounter' that is exploring intercultural intersections and encounters. [5]

Personal life

Jones has a daughter, Kyra Giorgi, who is also a writer. [6]

Awards

The House of Breathing

Fetish Lives

Black Mirror

Sixty Lights

Dreams of Speaking

Sorry

Five Bells

A Guide to Berlin

The Death of Noah Glass

Our Shadows

Salonika Burning

Published works

Novels

Short story collections

Critical works

These works have been widely translated. [25] The languages include Italian, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Mandarin, Polish, Croatian and Czech.

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References

  1. ↑ Munro O'Brien, Jodie (19 August 2015). "The influential tourist - Writers adventures inspire award-winning tales". Brisbane News.
  2. ↑ McCrea, Michael (2006). "Gail Jones". Wet Ink. 3: 26–29 – via Informit.
  3. ↑ "Professor Gail Jones". University of Western Sydney. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Floating World - 2009". Jo Darbyshire. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "See the Other Worlds website". Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 Wyndham, Susan (8 August 2015). "Gail Jones". The Canberra Times.
  7. ↑ "Writing WA - TAG Hungerford Award winners". 2 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2007.
  8. ↑ "Gail Jones". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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  10. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal 2019 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. ↑ "Winners announced for PM's Literary Awards 2019". Books+Publishing. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Voss Literary Prize 2019 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. ↑ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature". State Library of South Australia. December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Voss Literary Prize 2021 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Jones, Mellor win Historical Novel Prize". Books+Publishing. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  21. ↑ "Barbara Jefferis Award 2024 Shortlist Announced". Whispering Gums. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  22. ↑ Kavanagh, Bec (22 October 2020). "Our Shadows by Gail Jones review – a quiet rejection of conformity in the Kalgoorlie mines". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  23. ↑ Bird, Carmel (1 March 2024). "New Gail Jones novel looks at the life of Joseph Conrad - The moving story of two lives brushing against each other". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  24. ↑ "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 80 - the piano replayed & re-read". www.realtimearts.net. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  25. ↑ "Gail Jones" . Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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