Banjo Awards
The annual National Book Council Banjo Awards for Fiction and Non-Fiction commemorate the Australian bush poet Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson.
The Council has enjoyed notable leadership including the Hon. Mr Justice Michael Kirby (judge) and Professor Michael Fraser (1991-1998).
Many notable Australian writers have been recipients for this award, including Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Alan Gould, Liam Davison, Sally Morrison, and Roger McDonald.
In 1978 Helen Garner was the first woman to win the award for her novel Monkey Grip.
Winners of the Fiction award
- 1975 William Nagle (author) for The Odd Angry Shot [1][2]
- 1978 Helen Garner for Monkey Grip
- 1981 David Foster (novelist) for Moonlight
- 1982 Peter Carey (novelist) for Bliss
- 1985 Peter Carey (novelist) for Illywhacker
- 1988 Graham Harper for Black Cat, Green Field [3]
- 1989 Peter Carey (novelist) for Oscar and Lucinda
- 1991 Glenda Adams for Longleg and Tim Winton for Cloudstreet
- 1992 Alan Gould for To the Burning City
- 1993 Liam Davison for Soundings
- 1994 Elizabeth Jolley for The Georges' Wife
- 1995 Sally Morrison for Mad Meg
- 1996 Rod Jones for Billy Sunday
- 1997 Brian Castro for Stepper
Winners of the Non-fiction award
- 1978 Kevin Gilbert (author) for Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert (1977)
- 1981 Albert Facey for A Fortunate Life
- 1993 Roger McDonald for Shearers' Motel
- 1994 Hazel Rowley for Christina Stead: A Biography (1994)
- 1996 Henry Reynolds
Notes
Notable shortlisted authors include
- Matthew Condon was shortlisted in 1992 for Usher and in 1995 for The Ancient Guild of Tycoons,
- Robert Dessaix for A Mother's Disgrace in 1994.
- Garry Disher for The Sunken Road in 1996.
- Richard Flanagan for Death of a River Guide (1995)
- David Foster (novelist) for The Glade Within the Grove, 1996
- Rodney Hall for Captivity Captive in 1989 and The Grisly Wife in 1994.
- Marion Halligan for Spider Cup in 1990 and Lovers' Knots: A Hundred-Year Novel in 1993
- Susan Johnson (Australian author) A Big Life (1993);
- Alex Miller for The Ancestor Game (1993)
For other Australian literary awards, see List of Australian literary awards.
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079652/trivia
- ↑ ^ Nagle, William (1975). The Odd Angry Shot. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207142084.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies by John Charles Hawley Greenwood Press, 2001, p505
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