Nicholas Jose

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Robert Nicholas Jose (born 9 November 1952), known as Nicholas, is an Australian novelist.

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Early life and education

Robert Nicholas Jose, [1] known as Nicholas, was born on 9 November 1952 [2] in London, England, to Australian parents. [1] After the family moved to Australia, grew up in Broken Hill, Traralgon, Perth, and Adelaide. [2]

He was educated at the Australian National University (ANU), before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1974. [2]

Career

Jose has travelled extensively, particularly in China, where he worked from 1986 to 1990. [1] He has lived and worked in Canberra and other parts of Australia as well as in England, Italy, and China. He was an English lecturer at ANU, and was a cultural counsellor for the Australian Embassy in Beijing from 1987 to 1990. [2]

He was Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University from 2009 to 2010, and in 2012 was Professor of English and Creative Writing both at the University of Adelaide and Bath Spa University, England. [1]

In early 2017 Jose became involved in a research project, Other Worlds: Forms of "World Literature", [3] for which he is leading a theme on "Antipodean China", exploring the relationship between Chinese literature and world literature. [4]

Writing

Jose has written widely on contemporary art and literature from Asia and the Pacific. [2] He has also written short stories, novels, and a book on English literature, based on as his doctoral thesis. He wrote Paper Nautilus and Avenue of Eternal Peace while living in Italy and China. [2]

He won a Literature Board Fellowship in 1989 and 1997. [2]

Other activities

Jose was president of Sydney PEN from 2002 to 2005. [1]

In 2016 Jose presented "Gifts from China" for the Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture. [5]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Non-fiction

As editor

As writer

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Weldon and Hensher head to Bath Spa". The Bookseller. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "MS 8714 Papers of Nicholas Jose (1952- )" (catalogue entry). National Library of Australia . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  3. 'Other Worlds: Forms of "World Literature'"
  4. Other Worlds
  5. "Jose Nicholas: Gifts from China". National Library of Australia. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  6. Children of the Dragon (1991) - Crew. Screen Australia