Archie Weller

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Archie Weller (born 1957) is an Indigenous Australian writer.

Archie Weller was born in Western Australia, and grew up on a farm in the South west of that state.^[1] His first novel, The Day of the Dog won an award in the Western Australian Week Literary Awards, and was made into a film entitled Blackfellas, which won two AFI Awards. The script Confessions of a Headhunter, which he co-wrote with Sally Riley, won the an award in the 2001 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. His second novel Land of the Golden Clouds was published in 1998.

[edit] Bibliography

Novels

• Day of the Dog (Allen & Unwin, 1981)
• Land Of The Golden Clouds (Allen & Unwin, 1998)

Short stories

• Going Home: Stories (Allen & Unwin, 1986)

Drama & screenplays

• Nidjera: Children Crying Softly Together: A Play Exploring The Emotions Of A Modern Day Koori Family (1990)
• Confessions of a Headhunter, with Sally Riley (1999)

Edited

• Us Fellas: An Anthology Of Aboriginal Writing, with Colleen Glass (Perth: Artlook, 1987)

[edit] References

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NAME	Weller, Archie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Contemporary Indigenous Australian novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Western Australia, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH