Peter Blazey Fellowship
The Peter Blazey Fellowship in an Australian literary award, in honour of the life and work of (1939-1997).[1]
Establishment of Fellowship[]
The Fellowship was established by Clive Blazey and Tim Herbert, respectively, brother and partner to Peter Blazey, to honour his life and work, as a journalist, author and gay activist.[2] The Fellowship was launched by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby at the Australia Centre, in Melbourne, on 30 April 2004.[3]
Nature of Fellowship[]
The Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing, and is intended to further a work in progress.[4] The Fellowship comprises a monetary prize and a one-month writing residence with the , within the University of Melbourne.
Fellowship winners[]
Year | Name | Project | References |
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2004 | Sara Hardy | [5] | |
2005 | Jennifer Compton | "Who Doesn't Want Me to Dance" | |
2006 | Robert Kenny | "The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World" | |
2007 | Judith Pugh | "In My Seventies" | |
2008 | Andrew Lindsay | "The God of Morphine" | |
Dmetri Kakmi | "Motherland" | ||
2009 | Maggie MacKellar | "Anatomy of a Grief" – published as When It Rains: A Memoir | |
2010 | Lily Chan | "Toyo" | |
2011 | not awarded | ||
2012 | Helen Ennis | ||
2013 | Kim Mahood | ||
2014–2017 | not awarded | ||
2018 | Sanaz Fotouhi | Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir | |
2019 | Ellen van Neerven | "Personal Score" | |
2020 | Declan Fry | "Justice for Elijah or a Spiritual Dialogue with Ziggy Ramo" |
References[]
- ^ AustLit Biography. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7191. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Transcript of Speech from the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby. www.michaelkirby.com.au/.../1950-BLAZEY_FELLOWSHIP_MAY_2004.doc. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Australian Centre Literary Awards – Peter Blazey Fellowship". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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Categories:
- Australian literary awards
- Biography awards
- 2004 establishments in Australia