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Gregory Day

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Gregory Day
BornKew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupationwriter
Years active1990 —
Notable worksThe Patron Saint of Eels, The Flash Road: Scenes From The Building Of The Great Ocean Road, Archipelago Of Souls, A Sand Archive, The Bell Of The World
Notable awardsPatrick White Award, ALS Gold Medal, Nature Conservancy Nature Writing Prize, Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Gregory Day is an Australian novelist, poet, and musician.

Life

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Gregory Day is a novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in Victoria, Australia. He is well known for novels which document generational, demographic, and environmental change on the 21st-century coast of Victoria, Australia. He has been much acclaimed for his musical compositions and field recordings, notably his settings and singing of the poetry of William Butler Yeats on the album The Black Tower, and his project The Flash Road, which narrates in song the building of the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria in the years following The Great War. Day is also the co-founder with artist and book designer, Sian Marlow, of the fine press limited edition literature and music publisher, Merrijig Word & Sound Co.

Awards and nominations

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Bibliography

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Novels

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Essays

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Artist Books

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Poetry

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Music

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Interviews

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  • "ABC Radio National Books and Arts" [1] July 2015
  • "ABC Radio National Book Show" [2] - 21 May 2008

References

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  1. ^ Boland, Michaela (2 July 2019). "'Try being a Leb': Author from Punchbowl shortlisted for Miles Franklin". ABC News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Day wins Patrick White Literary Award". Books+Publishing. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Day wins 2021 Nature Writing Prize". Books+Publishing. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Miles Franklin 2024 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.