Joan Elizabeth London (born 1948) is an Australian author of short stories, screenplays and novels.
Joan London | |
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 London in 2015 | |
| Born | Joan Elizabeth London 1948 (age 75–76) Perth, Western Australia |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Notable works | Gilgamesh, The Good Parents |
| Notable awards | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Age Book of the Year Fiction Award, Patrick White Award |
Biography
editShe graduated from the University of Western Australia, having studied English and French; she has taught English as a second language and is a bookseller.[1] She lives in Fremantle, Western Australia.[2]
London is the author of two collections of stories. The first, Sister Ships and Other Stories, won The Age Book of the Year (1986), and the second, Letter to Constantine, won the Steele Rudd Award and the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Fiction (both in 1994). The two were published together as The New Dark Age.[2] She has published three novels, Gilgamesh (2001), The Good Parents (2008) and The Golden Age (2014).
She was awarded the Patrick White Award and the Nita Kibble Literary Award in 2015.[3]
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Sister Ships | The Age Book of the Year Awards | Book of the Year | Won | |
| Fiction Book of the Year | Won | ||||
| Western Australia Week Literary Award | — | Won | |||
| 1994 | Letter to Constantine | Queensland Literary Awards | Steele Rudd Award | Won | |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Fiction | Won | |||
| 2001 | Gilgamesh | Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Fiction | Shortlisted | |
| 2002 | The Age Book of the Year Awards | Fiction Book of the Year | Won | ||
| Miles Franklin Award | — | Shortlisted | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Fiction | Shortlisted | |||
| 2003 | Tasmania Pacific Rim Region Prize | — | Shortlisted | ||
| 2004 | Orange Prize for Fiction | — | Longlisted | ||
| 2009 | The Good Parents | New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Christina Stead Prize for Fiction | Won | |
| 2015 | — | Patrick White Award | — | Won | |
| The Golden Age | Miles Franklin Award | — | Shortlisted | [4] | |
| The Golden Age | Nita Kibble Literary Award | Nita Kibble Literary Award | Won | ||
| The Golden Age | Prime Minister's Literary Award | — | Won | [5] |
Bibliography
editShort stories
edit- Sister Ships and Other Stories (1986)
- Letter to Constantine (1993)
- New Dark Age (2004)
Novels
edit- Gilgamesh (2001)
- The Good Parents (2008)
- The Golden Age (2014)
References
edit- ^ Wilde, Hooton and Andrews (1994) p. 475-6
- ^ a b "The Sydney Writers' Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
- ^ "2015 Patrick White Literary Award announced". Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ ""Miles Franklin Literary Award 2015 shortlist: Hartnett and London lead the field"". SMH, 18 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award winner". Australian Government - Department of Communications and the Arts. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
External links
edit- Joan London at Random House Australia
- Middlemiss Page on Gilgamesh
- Review of The Golden Age, with portrait
Critical studies and reviews of London's work
edit- Goldsworthy, Kerryn (September 2014). "Liminality". Australian Book Review. 364: 11. Review of The Golden Age.
- Book Review (15 June 2016).Kirkus Reviews. Review of The Golden Age.
See also
edit- Wilde, W., Hooton, J. & Andrews, B (1994) The Oxford Companion of Australian Literature 2nd ed. South Melbourne, Oxford University Press