Peter Blazey Fellowship
The Peter Blazey Fellowship in an Australian literary award, in honour of the life and work of Peter Bradford Blazey (1939-1997).[1]
Establishment of Fellowship
[edit]The Fellowship was established by Clive Blazey and Tim Herbert, respectively, brother and partner to Peter Blazey, to honour his life and work, as a journalist, author and gay activist.[2] The Fellowship was launched by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby at the Australia Centre, in Melbourne, on 30 April 2004.[3]
Nature of Fellowship
[edit]The Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing, and is intended to further a work in progress.[4] The Fellowship comprises a monetary prize and a one-month writing residence with the Australia Centre, within the University of Melbourne.
Fellowship winners
[edit]| Year | Name | Project | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sara Hardy
|The Unusual Life of Edna Walling |
[5] | |
| 2005 | Jennifer Compton | "Who Doesn't Want Me to Dance" | |
| 2006 | Robert Kenny | The Lamb Enters the Dreaming: Nathanael Pepper and the Ruptured World | |
| 2007 | Judith Pugh | "In My Seventies" -- published as Unstill Life: Art, politics and living with Clifton Pugh. | |
| 2008 | Andrew Lindsay | "The God of Morphine" | |
| Dmetri Kakmi | Motherland | ||
| 2009 | Maggie MacKellar | "Anatomy of a Grief" -- published as When It Rains: A Memoir | |
| 2010 | Lily Chan | Toyo | |
| 2011 | Robyn Davidson | "Self-Portrait with Imaginary Mother" -- published as Unfinished Woman | |
| 2012 | Helen Ennis | Olive Cotton: A life in photography | |
| 2013 | Kim Mahood | Position Doubtful | |
| 2014 | Michael Farrell
'The Case of Jong Ah Sing' |
[6] | |
| Mark Mordue | Boy On Fire: The Young Nick Cave | ||
| 2015 | Rebe Taylor | Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search For Human Antiquity | |
| 2016 | Julia Leigh | Avalanche | |
| 2017 | Eleanor Hogan | Into the Loneliness: The Unholy Alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates | |
| 2018 | Cassandra Pybus | Truganini: Journey through the Apocalypse | |
| 2019 | Sanaz Fotouhi | Love Marriage in Kabul: A Memoir | |
| 2020 | Ellen van Neerven | Personal Score | |
| 2021 | Declan Fry | "Justice for Elijah or a Spiritual Dialogue with Ziggy Ramo" | |
| 2022 | Dženana Vucic | "A Teleology" | |
| 2023 | S.J. Norman | Skin in the Game |
References
[edit]- ^ AustLit Biography. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7191. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Transcript of Speech from the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby. www.michaelkirby.com.au/.../1950-BLAZEY_FELLOWSHIP_MAY_2004.doc. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Australian Centre Literary Awards – Peter Blazey Fellowship". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Peter Blazey Fellowship". The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 31 March 2023.