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'''Janette Turner Hospital''' (née '''Turner''') (born Melbourne, Australia, 12 November 1942) is a [[novelist]] and [[short story]] [[writer]] who has lived for most of her adult life in Canada or the U.S., principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163</ref> She is also a teacher of literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England, and the US (MIT, Boston University, Colgate.) She is currently |
'''Janette Turner Hospital''' (née '''Turner''') (born Melbourne, Australia, 12 November 1942) is a [[novelist]] and [[short story]] [[writer]] who has lived for most of her adult life in Canada or the U.S., principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163</ref> She is also a teacher of literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England, and the US (MIT, Boston University, Colgate.) She is currently an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Columbia University.<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291-321.</ref> |
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She studied at the [[University of Queensland]] and [[Kelvin Grove Teachers College]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1965.<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163</ref> She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973,<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291-321</ref> and a D.Litt (Hon) from University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature.)<ref>University of Queensland alumni site: http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author</ref> She has won a number of international literary awards and her books are published in multiple foreign translations.<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Canadian Who's Who 2005''. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.</ref> |
She studied at the [[University of Queensland]] and [[Kelvin Grove Teachers College]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1965.<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163</ref> She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973,<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291-321</ref> and a D.Litt (Hon) from University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature.)<ref>University of Queensland alumni site: http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author</ref> She has won a number of international literary awards and her books are published in multiple foreign translations.<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Canadian Who's Who 2005''. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.</ref> |
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Hospital achieved brief Internet notoriety in late 2010 due to an email sent to her former MFA students at the University of South Carolina. Several of these recipients took exception to the style or contents of her message and forwarded the email to Gawker, where it was described as the "world's haughtiest email" on September 29th.<ref>http://gawker.com/5651154/columbia-writing-professor-sends-worlds-haughtiest-email-to-former-students</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born Melbourne, Australia, 12 November 1942) is a novelist and short story writer who has lived for most of her adult life in Canada or the U.S., principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).[1] She is also a teacher of literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England, and the US (MIT, Boston University, Colgate.) She is currently an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Columbia University.[2] She studied at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College, gaining a BA in 1965.[3] She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973,[4] and a D.Litt (Hon) from University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature.)[5] She has won a number of international literary awards and her books are published in multiple foreign translations.[6]
Hospital achieved brief Internet notoriety in late 2010 due to an email sent to her former MFA students at the University of South Carolina. Several of these recipients took exception to the style or contents of her message and forwarded the email to Gawker, where it was described as the "world's haughtiest email" on September 29th.[7]
Bibliography
- The Ivory Swing (novel) (1982),
- The Tiger in the Tiger Pit (novel) (1983),
- Borderline (novel) (1985),
- Dislocations (short stories) (1986),
- Charades (novel) (1988),
- Isobars (short stories) (1990),
- A Very Proper Death, as Alex Juniper (novel) (1990),
- The Last Magician (novel) (1992),
- Oyster (novel) (1996)
- Collected Stories (short stories) (1995),
- Due Preparations for the Plague (novel) (2003),
- North of Nowhere, South of Loss (short stories) (2003),
- Orpheus Lost (novel) (2007)[8]
Notes
- ^ Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163
- ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291-321.
- ^ Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975-2000.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153-163
- ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291-321
- ^ University of Queensland alumni site: http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author
- ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". Canadian Who's Who 2005. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.
- ^ http://gawker.com/5651154/columbia-writing-professor-sends-worlds-haughtiest-email-to-former-students
- ^ David Callahan. Rainforest Narratives: The Work of Janette Turner Hospital. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2009
website links: www.janetteturnerhospital.com www.cas.sc.edu/CICA
References
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Brydon, Diana. "The Stone’s Memory: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". Commonwealth Writing in English. 4.1 (1991), pp. 14–23. McKay, Belinda. "Transformative Moments: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". Queensland Review. 11.2 (December 2004), pp. 1–10 Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, (ed.) Donald J. Greiner, 48.4 (Summer 2007); issue dedicated to Janette Turner Hospital.