Josephine Wilson is an Australian writer and academic based in Perth, Western Australia.[1]
Josephine Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lincolnshire, England |
| Occupation | Writer and academic |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1994- |
| Notable works | Extinctions |
| Notable awards | 2017 Miles Franklin Award |
Biography
editWilson was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to live in Australia with her family at the age of six. She has a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland and a PhD from University of Western Australia (UWA).[2]
She writes essays, poetry and fiction.[2]
In September 2017, Wilson won the Miles Franklin Award for her second novel, Extinctions (UWA Publishing, 2016).[2] This book had won the inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript in 2016.[3] It also won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.[4]
Wilson lives in Perth and teaches creative writing and literary theory at Murdoch University. She has been a sessional teacher at UWA and Curtin University, lecturing in performance studies, creative writing, and the history of art and design.[5]
Wilson was a writer-in-residence at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs (2019), and an Asialink resident in Shanghai (2018).[6]
Bibliography
editPlays
edit- The Geography of Haunted Places (1994)[7] in Allen, Richard and Pearlman, Karen Performing the Unnameable, Sydney: Currency Press.
- Customs (1998)[8]
Novels
edit- —— (2005). Cusp. UWA Publishing.
- —— (2016). Extinctions. UWA Publishing.
References
edit- ^ "Austlit — Josephine Wilson". Austlit. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Josephine Wilson". UWA Publishing. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award Goes to West Australian Writer Josephine Wilson" (PDF). UWA Publishing. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Josephine Wilson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Rare West Australian win in Miles Franklin award". ABC News. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Dr. Josephine Wilson PhD. English and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia; M. Phil. Creative Arts, University of Queensland.a." Murdoch University. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "The Geography of Haunted Places". AusStage. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "Customs". AusStage. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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