Elizabeth Jolley

Elizabeth Jolley (n. 4 iunie 1923 — d. 13 februarie 2007) a fost o scriitoare australiană.

Elizabeth Jolley
Date personale
Născută4 iunie 1923
Birmingham, Anglia Anglia
Decedată13 februarie 2007
Perth, Australia Australia
Cetățenie Australia Modificați la Wikidata
Ocupațieromancier, profesor de scriere creativă
Limbi vorbitelimba engleză[1] Modificați la Wikidata
StudiiSibford School[*][[Sibford School (school in Oxfordshire, UK)|​]]
Activitatea literară
PatronajCurtin University[*][[Curtin University (university in Perth, Western Australia)|​]]  Modificați la Wikidata
Specie literarăproză
Note
PremiiMiles Franklin Award
Officer of the Order of Australia[*][[Officer of the Order of Australia (award in the Order of Australia)|​]][2]  Modificați la Wikidata

Premii și nominalizări
  • 1983: The Age Book of the Year Award pentru Mr Scobie's Riddle
  • 1983: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards pentru Mr Scobie's Riddle'
  • 1985: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction pentru Milk and Honey
  • 1986: Miles Franklin Award pentru The Well
  • 1988: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) pentru contribuția ei în literatura australiană
  • 1988: Western Australlian Institute of Technology Honorary Doctorate
  • 1989: The Age Book of the Year Award, co-câștigatoare pentru My Father's Moon
  • 1989: Canada/Australia Literary Award
  • 1993: The Age Book of the Year Award, co-câștigatoare pentru The George's Wife
  • 1993: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's prize pentru Central Mischief
  • 1994: National Book Council Award, Banjo pentru The George's Wife
  • 1995: Macquarie University Honorary Doctorate
  • 1997: Australian Living Treasure
  • 1997: University of Queensland Honorary Doctorate
  • 1998: Miles Franklin Award nominalizat pentru Lovesong

Opere

Romane
  • Palomino (1980)
  • The Newspaper of Claremont Street (1981)
  • Miss Peabody's Inheritance (1983)
  • Mr Scobie's Riddle (1983)
  • Milk and Honey (1984)
  • Foxybaby (1985)
  • The Well (1986)
  • The Sugar Mother (1988)
  • My Father's Moon (1989)
  • Cabin Fever (1990)
  • The Georges' Wife (1993)
  • The Orchard Thieves (1995)
  • Lovesong (1997)
  • An Accommodating Spouse (1999)
  • An Innocent Gentleman (2001)

Nuvele și piese de teatru
  • Five Acre Virgin and Other Stories (1976)
  • The Travelling Entertainer and Other Stories (1979)
  • Woman in a Lampshade (1983)
  • Off the Air: Nine Plays for Radio (1995)
  • Fellow Passengers: Collected Stories of Elizabeth Jolley (1997)

Non-ficțiune
  • Central Mischief: Elizabeth Jolley on Writing, Her Past and Herself (1992)
  • Diary of a Weekend Farmer (1993)
  • Learning to Dance: Elizabeth Jolley: Her Life and Work (2006)


  1. Autoritatea BnF, accesat în
  2. Australian Honours Search Facility
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