Jessica Anderson (writer)

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Jessica Anderson (born September 25, 1916 in Brisbane , † July 9, 2010 in Sydney ) was an Australian writer.

Life

She first published short stories in newspapers and wrote scripts for radio. The latter was based in particular on the novels by Henry James and Charles Dickens . She spent most of her life in Sydney , and also lived in London . In 1963 her debut novel An Ordinary Lunacy was published . Her short story volume Stories From the Warm Zone from 1987 contrasts autobiographical stories from Brisbane in the 1920s with those from contemporary Sydney. Influences took Henry James, Evelyn Waugh and especially Henry Green .

Works

  • An Ordinary Lunacy (1963)
  • The Last Man's Head (1970)
  • The Commandant (1975)
  • Tirra Lirra by the River (1978)
  • The Impersonators (US title: The Only Daughter ; 1980)
  • Stories From the Warm Zone (short stories, 1987)
  • Taking Shelter (1989)

Awards

literature

  • Elaine Barry: Fabricating the Self: the Fictions of Jessica Anderson . University of Queensland Press, 1992. ISBN 0702223999 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews: Anderson, Jessica . In: The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature . Oxford University Press, 1994.
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Jessica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Brisbane
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2010
Place of death Sydney