David Foster (novelist)
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David Foster (born 1944) is a contemporary Australian novelist, poet and writer of non-fiction.
David Foster was born in Katoomba, New South Wales and grew up in the Blue Mountains.[1] He studied science at University of Sydney and took a doctorate from Australian National University. He has worked as a research scientist, truck driver, postie and on a prawn trawler as well as writing. The subjects of his novels range from rock music to ancient mythology, with some characters like D'Arcy D'Oliveres, the comic post-man of several novels, taking something from his previous employment. He has been a University of New South Wales Literary Fellow.
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[edit] Awards
- 1974: The Age Book of the Year Book of the Year and Imaginative Writing award for The Pure Land
- 1997: Miles Franklin Award for The Glade Within the Grove (It was translated into German)
- 1999: Courier Mail Book of the Year for In the New Country
[edit] Bibliography
Novels
- North South West (1973) [3 novellas]
- The Pure Land (1974)
- Moonlite (1981)
- Plumbum (1983)
- Dog Rock: A Postal Pastoral (1985)
- The Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross (1986)
- Testostero (1987)
- The Pale Blue Crochet Coathanger Cover (1988)
- Hitting the Wall (Penguin, 1989) [2 novellas]
- Mates of Mars (Penguin, 1991)
- The Glade Within the Grove (Random House, 1996)
- In the New Country (Fourth Estate, 1999) ISBN 1-84115-037-1
- The Land where Stories End (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002) ISBN 1-875989-88-9
Poetry
- The Fleeing Atalanta
- The Ballad of Erinungarah (Vintage: 1997)
Non-fiction
- Studs and Nogs: Essays 1987-98 (Vintage, 1999)
- A Year of Slow Food with Gerda Foster (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002)
[edit] References
- ^ Williams, M. (2000). Guide to the Papers of David Foster. Australian Defence Force Academy Library. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
[edit] External links
- Brief Biography & about some of the novels
- David Foster discusses The Land where Stories End
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| NAME | Foster, David |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Contemporary Australian novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia |
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