Thea Astley
Thea Astley (born August 25, 1925 in Brisbane , † August 17, 2004 in Byron Bay ) was an Australian writer.
Life
After graduating from the University of Queensland, Thea Astley worked as a teacher in Queensland and New South Wales . From 1968 to 1980 she worked at Macquarie University in Sydney . She was married to Jack Gregson and had one son.
Artistic creation
Her novels and short stories are shaped by her Catholic faith and her experiences as a teacher in small towns in the Australian outback . Her works concentrate on problematic characters who, as outsiders, do not fit into social conditions.
Awards and honors
- 1962 Miles Franklin Award for A Well Dressed Explorer
- 1965 Miles Franklin Award for The Slow Natives
- 1972 Miles Franklin Award for The Acolyte
- 1988 honorary doctorate
- 2000 Miles Franklin Award for Drylands
Works
- Novels
- Girl with a Monkey , 1958
- A Descant for Gossips , 1960
- The Well Dressed Explorer , 1962
- The Slow Natives , 1965
- A Boat Load of Home Folk , 1968
- The Acolyte , 1972
- A Kindness Cup , 1974
- An Item from the Late News , 1982
- Beachmasters , 1985
- Reaching Tin River , 1990
- Vanishing Points , 1992
- Coda , 1994
- The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow , 1996
- Drylands , 1999
- Short story collections
- Hunting the Wild Pineapple , 1979
- It's Raining in Mango , 1987
- Collected Stories , 1997
literature
- Paul Genoni: Subverting the empire. Explorers and exploration in Australian fiction. Common Ground Publ., Altona, Vic. 2004. ISBN 1-86335-553-7
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astley, Thea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brisbane |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Byron Bay |