Josephine Wilson | |
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Born | Lincolnshire, England |
Occupation | Writer and academic |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1994- |
Notable works | Extinctions |
Notable awards | 2017 Miles Franklin Award |
Josephine Wilson is an Australian writer and academic based in Perth, Western Australia. [1]
Wilson was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to live in Australia with her family at the age of six. She has a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland and a PhD from University of Western Australia (UWA). [2]
She writes essays, poetry and fiction. [2]
In September 2017, Wilson won the Miles Franklin Award for her second novel, Extinctions ( UWA Publishing, 2016). [2] This book had won the inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript in 2016. [3] It also won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. [4]
Wilson lives in Perth and teaches creative writing and literary theory at Murdoch University. She has been a sessional teacher at UWA and Curtin University, lecturing in performance studies, creative writing, and the history of art and design. [5]
Wilson was a writer-in-residence at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs (2019), and an Asialink resident in Shanghai (2018). [6]
Josephine Wilson | |
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Born | Lincolnshire, England |
Occupation | Writer and academic |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1994- |
Notable works | Extinctions |
Notable awards | 2017 Miles Franklin Award |
Josephine Wilson is an Australian writer and academic based in Perth, Western Australia. [1]
Wilson was born in Lincolnshire, England, and came to live in Australia with her family at the age of six. She has a Masters of Philosophy from the University of Queensland and a PhD from University of Western Australia (UWA). [2]
She writes essays, poetry and fiction. [2]
In September 2017, Wilson won the Miles Franklin Award for her second novel, Extinctions ( UWA Publishing, 2016). [2] This book had won the inaugural Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript in 2016. [3] It also won the 2017 Colin Roderick Award, and was shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. [4]
Wilson lives in Perth and teaches creative writing and literary theory at Murdoch University. She has been a sessional teacher at UWA and Curtin University, lecturing in performance studies, creative writing, and the history of art and design. [5]
Wilson was a writer-in-residence at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs (2019), and an Asialink resident in Shanghai (2018). [6]