Helen Hodgman
Helen Hodgman (born 1946 in Aberdeen, Scotland)[1] is an Australian novelist. She won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award for her novel Jack and Jill. She also won the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize for the novel Broken Words.
Career[]
On publication of her first novel, British critic Auberon Waugh, referred to her as "'a born writer with a style and an elan which is all her own''.[2]
In 1983 Hodgman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which, by 2001 had deprived her of the ability to write.[2]
Works[]
Novels[]
- Blue Skies, London: Duckworth, 1976 ISBN 0715611771
- Jack and Jill, London: Duckworth, 1978 ISBN 0715613049
- Broken Words, Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin, 1988 ISBN 0140102345
- US edition: Ducks, Harmony, 1989 ISBN 978-0517573976
- Waiting for Matindi, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1998 ISBN 1864488093
- Passing Remarks, Sydney: Anchor Books, 1996 ISBN 0868246778
- The Bad Policeman, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2001 ISBN 1865084352
Screenplay[]
- The Right Hand Man, for the film directed by Di Drew and starring Rupert Everett, Hugo Weaving and Arthur Dignam, based on a story developed by Steven Grives.[3]
References[]
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- ^ "Helen Hodgman | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hodgman, Helen (in interview) (2011-08-26). "Parkinson's takes everything away". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ Goodman, Walter (1987-10-02). "Film: Rupert Everett in 'The Right Hand Man'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
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