Kate Grenville
Catherine Elizabeth Grenville AO (born October 14, 1950 in Sydney ) is an Australian writer .
Life
Kate Grenville studied art at the University of Sydney . She then worked at Film Australia and later at the television station SBS . In 1986 she left SBS to concentrate fully on her work as a writer. Her best-known novel The Hidden River to date was filmed in 2014.
Works
- Joan makes history. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-499-12979-5 .
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The secret river . Text Publishing, Australia 2005, ISBN 1-920885-75-7 .
- The hidden river. Bertelsmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-570-00867-6 .
- A hint of perfection. Bertelsmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-00996-3 .
- The star reader. Bertelsmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-10039-4 .
- Sarah's dream. Bertelsmann, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-10137-7 .
Awards
- 2001: Orange Prize for Fiction for The Idea of Perfection (German: An inkling of perfection )
- 2006: Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Secret River (Eng. The Hidden River )
Web links
- Literature by and about Kate Grenville in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kate Grenville on randomhouse.de
- Kate Grenville's website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grenville, Kate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grenville, Catherine Elizabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |