Gregory Day

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Gregory Day
Born Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupationwriter
Years active1990 —
Notable works The Patron Saint of Eels , The Flash Road: Scenes From The Building Of The Great Ocean Road , Archipelago Of Souls , A Sand Archive , The Bell Of The World
Notable awards Patrick White Award, ALS Gold Medal, Nature Conservancy Nature Writing Prize , Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Gregory Day is an Australian novelist, poet, and musician. [1]

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Life

Gregory Day is a novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in Victoria, Australia. He is well known for novels which document generational, demographic, and environmental change on the 21st-century coast of Victoria, Australia. He has been much acclaimed for his musical compositions and field recordings, notably his settings and singing of the poetry of William Butler Yeats on the album The Black Tower, and his project The Flash Road, which narrates in song the building of the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria in the years following The Great War. Day is also the co-founder with artist and book designer, Sian Marlow, of the fine press limited edition literature and music publisher, Merrijig Word & Sound Co. [2]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

Essays

Artist Books

Poetry

Music

Interviews

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References

  1. ↑ "Austlit — Gregory Day". Austlit. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ↑ ""Merrijig Home"". Merrijig Word & Sound Co. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Austlit — Gregory Day – Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  5. ↑ ""Everyman has day after 10 years' work"". Sydney Morning Herald, 17 April 2008, p3. ProQuest   364352946 . Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Gregory Day. "Jolley Prize 2011: 'The Neighbour's Beans'". Australianbookreview.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Day wins Patrick White Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Day wins 2021 Nature Writing Prize". Books+Publishing. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Miles Franklin 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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