Ruby Langford Ginibi
Ruby Langford Ginibi (born January 26, 1934 in Coraki , New South Wales ; died October 1, 2011 in Sydney ) was an Australian author . As a member of the Aboriginal people of the Bundjalung and historian , she dealt in particular with the history and culture of the original inhabitants of Australia.
Life
Born in the Box Ridge Mission in Coraki on the north coast of New South Wales, she was raised in Bonalbo ( Kyogle Council ) and attended high school in Casino . At 15 she moved to Sydney, where she initially worked as a seamstress. Several years later she also lived as a farm worker in the Coonabarabran area . At 17, she gave birth to the first of her three children from the relationship with Sam Griffin. From a later relationship with Gordon Campbell three other children and two from her marriage to Peter Langford, whose last name she took ("Ginibi" is an honorary title of the Bundjalung). After the separation of the marriage a ninth child followed with Lance Marriot. In her autobiographical book Don't Take Your Love to Town , she wrote that she could also be called Ruby Wagtail Big Noise Anderson Rangi Ando Heifer Andy Langford .
Her breakthrough as an author came with the book Don't Take Your Love to Town , published in 1988 , which she wrote after overcoming her alcoholic illness. In it she described her childhood and her life, the racism she had to deal with because of her origin, and the treatment by the judiciary. She received the 1988 Human Rights Literary Award for this book . This was followed by the collection of short stories Real Deadly and in 1994 My Bundjalung People , for which she traveled to the land of her childhood and ancestors. In the same year she was appointed professor of history by the Ministry of Culture of the government of New South Wales, in 1995 she was professor at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra and in 1998 she received an honorary doctorate from La Trobe University in Melbourne . Her works, she wrote essays, poems and short stories, have become valued study materials in high schools and universities in Australia.
In recent years she has been in a wheelchair and has suffered from high blood pressure and kidney problems.
Works
- Don't Take Your Love to Town , 1988
- Real Deadly , 1992
- My Bundjalung People , 1994
- Haunted by the Past , 1999
- All My Mob , 2007
- A Journey into Bundjalung Country , with Pam Johnston
- Ruby Langford Ginibi , with John Barnes and Blanca Fullana
Web links
- Australian Biography: Ruby Langford Ginibi
- University of Queensland : Approaches to "Don't Take Your Love to Town"
- Special issue of the Journal of the European Association for Studies on Australia
Individual evidence
- ^ The Australian Literature Resource: Entry on Ruby Langford Ginibi
- ↑ Don't Take Your Love to Town
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langford Ginibi, Ruby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anderson, Ruby Maude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coraki , New South Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 2011 |
| Place of death | Sydney |