Amanda Lohrey
BornAmanda Frances Lillian Howard
(1947-04-13) 13 April 1947 (age 76)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1977–present
Notable worksReading Madame Bovary The Labyrinth
Notable awardsPatrick White Award
Miles Franklin Award
SpouseAndrew Lohrey

Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey (née Howard; born 13 April 1947)[1] is an Australian writer and novelist.

Career

Lohrey completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane in 2002, and joined the Australian National University School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics as a visiting fellow in 2016 where she continues to write fiction.[2]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

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Essays

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References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2021.
  2. ^ "Celebrated author Amanda Lohrey to write next novel at ANU". www.anu.edu.au. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Amanda Lohrey – Awards". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2006 longlist". IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
  5. ^ "$60,000 Miles Franklin awarded to a novel 'soaked in sadness' that is ultimately about hope". ABC News. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Lohrey wins 2021 Voss Literary Prize". Books+Publishing. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  7. ^ "PMLA 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  8. ^ Lohrey, Amanda; Australia Council. Literature Board (1984), The morality of gentlemen, Alternative Publishing Cooperative Limited, ISBN 978-0-909188-83-2
  9. ^ "A bold examination of the power game". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 17, 898. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 29 September 1984. p. 16. Retrieved 4 October 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ Lohrey, Amanda; New South Wales. Adult Migrant English Service (1990), The reading group, Picador, ISBN 978-0-330-27110-3
  11. ^ van der Wetering, E (1 January 2008), Anxiety, absence, anger and archetypes. The domestic familial and feminism in The Orchard Thieves and Camille's Bread, retrieved 4 October 2023
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