Glenda Adams

Glenda Emilie Adams , née Felton (born December 30, 1939 in Ryde , New South Wales , † July 11, 2007 in Sydney , New South Wales) was an Australian writer .

Life

Adams grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, the younger of two. She attended Fort Street Primary School for two years and Sydney Girls High School for ten years .

Glenda Adams studied Indonesian and Italian at the University of Sydney and graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor with Honors . In the following two years she went on a study trip to Indonesia and, on her return, taught Indonesian at the University of Sydney. In 1964 she moved to New York and studied journalism at Columbia University . 1965 graduated with a Masters .

In 1967 she married Gordon Adams and had a daughter. The marriage later ended in divorce.

In addition to her literary work, Adams was a lecturer at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College in New York, as well as at the University of Technology, Sydney .

In 1987 she received the Miles Franklin Award for her novel Dancing on Coral . Her third novel, Longleg , published in 1990 , won The Age Book of the Year award in 1991 from Australian newspaper The Age .

In 2007 she died of cancer .

Works

Novels

Games of the Strong (1982)
Dancing on Coral (1987)
Longleg (1990)
The Tempest of Clemenza (1996)

Short stories

Lies and Stories (1976)
The Hottest Night of the Century (1979)

Web links

Literature by and about Glenda Adams in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ Guide to the Papers of Glenda Adams: Manuscript Number: MS 76. In: lib.unsw.adfa.edu.au. Academy Library, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defense Force Academy, July 2007, accessed October 28, 2014 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Biography ( memento of April 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of the University of Sydney
↑ List of the award winners
↑ The Age, November 23, 1991
^ Review of Coral Lansbury in the New York Times, July 30, 1989

personal data
SURNAME	Adams, Glenda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Adams, Glenda Emilie; Felton, Glenda Emilie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 30, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ryde , New South Wales , Australia
DATE OF DEATH	July 11, 2007
Place of death	Sydney , New South Wales, Australia

[1] Guide to the Papers of Glenda Adams: Manuscript Number: MS 76. In: lib.unsw.adfa.edu.au. Academy Library, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defense Force Academy, July 2007, accessed October 28, 2014 .

[SYDNEY-2] Biography ( memento of April 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the pages of the University of Sydney

[3] List of the award winners

[4] The Age, November 23, 1991

[5] Review of Coral Lansbury in the New York Times, July 30, 1989