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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 a 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> |
'''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 a 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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== Bibliography == |
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*''The Ivory Swing'' (novel) (1982), |
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*''The Tiger in the Tiger Pit'' (novel) (1983), |
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*''Borderline'' (novel) (1985), |
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*''Dislocations'' (short stories) (1986), |
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*''Charades'' (novel) (1988), |
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*''Isobars'' (short stories) (1990), |
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*''A Very Proper Death'', as Alex Juniper (novel) (1990), |
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*''The Last Magician'' (novel) (1992), |
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*''[[Oyster (novel)|Oyster]]'' (novel) (1996) |
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*''Collected Stories'' (short stories) (1995), |
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*''Due Preparations for the Plague'' (novel) (2003), |
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*''North of Nowhere, South of Loss'' (short stories) (2003), |
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*''Orpheus Lost'' (novel) (2007)<ref>David Callahan. ''Rainforest Narratives: The Work of Janette Turner Hospital''. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2009</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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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 a 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]
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.
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.