Jennifer Down

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Jennifer Down
Born1990 (age 3334)
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
Notable worksBodies of Light (2021)
Notable awards Miles Franklin Award (2022)
Website
www.jenniferdown.com

Jennifer Down (born 1990) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award for her novel Bodies of Light .

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Biography

Down was in born 1990. [1] She studied arts at University of Melbourne before studying professional writing and editing at RMIT. [2]

Down has worked as a writer, editor, and a translator. [2]

Awards and recognition

Down won the 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for "Aokigahara" [3] and received third prize in The Age Short Story Award for "A Ticket to Switzerland" in 2010. [2]

Down's first novel, Our Magic Hour, was shortlisted for the 2014 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award. [4] She was chosen as one of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists in 2017 for Pulse Points and 2018 for Bodies of Light. [5] She won the Steele Rudd Award at the Queensland Literary Awards [6] and the Readings Prize in 2018 for Pulse Points. [2]

Her 2021 novel, Bodies of Light, won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award [7] and was shortlisted for the 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, [8] the 2022 Stella Prize, [9] the 2022 fiction The Age Book of the Year, [10] the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award [11] and the 2022 Voss Literary Prize. [12]

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References

  1. "Down, Jennifer, 1990–". viaf.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Jennifer Down". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. "Down wins 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Prize". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
  5. Steger, Jason (29 April 2018). "The 2018 Best Young Australian Novelists: Jennifer Down, Pip Smith and more". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. Story, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. "VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. "Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. "Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. "Short List 2022". The Voss Literary Prize. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.