Robert Dessaix

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Robert Dessaix (born February 17, 1944 in Sydney ) is an Australian author and journalist .

Life

Dessaix was adopted at a young age. He went to school at North Sydney Boys High School . He then studied in Moscow in the early 1970s. After graduating, Dessaix got a job at the Australian National University , where he taught Russian studies. From 1972 to 1984 he was teaching at the University of New South Wales . During these years he translated a number of Russian books into English. He worked with Michael Ulman , among others . From 1985 to 1995 Dessaix presented the television program Books and Writing on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television station in Australia. From 1993 Dessaix began to write several books as an author, for which he received various literary prizes.

Works (selection)

Novels

  • 1996: Night Letters: A Journey Through Switzerland and Italy , edited and with comments by Igor Miazmov
  • 1997: Secrets
  • 2001: Corfu

Autobiographies

  • 1994: A Mother's Disgrace
  • 2008: Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives

Non-fiction

  • 1998: (And So Forth)
  • 2004: Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev

editor

  • 1993: Australian Gay and Lesbian Writing: An Anthology
  • 1993: Picador New Writing
  • 1998: Speaking Their Minds: Intellectuals and the Public Culture in Australia
  • 2004: The Best Australian Essays 2004
  • 2005: The Best Australian Essays 2005

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1997: Australian Literature Society Gold Medal : Night Letters: A Journey Through Switzerland and Italy - Winner
  • 1998: Colin Roderick Award : (And So Forth) - Winner
  • 1998: Media Prize of the German AIDS Foundation
  • 2005: Waverley Library Award for Literature : Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev
  • 2005: Victorian Premier's Literary Award , The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction : Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev - Winner
  • 2005: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards , Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction: Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev -
  • 2007: Margaret Scott Prize : Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev - Winner

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personal data
SURNAME Dessaix, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia