Helen Hodgman
Helen Hodgman (born 1945 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
- ^ http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A5v
- ^ 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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