John Harwood (writer)

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John Harwood (b. 1946) was born in Hobart, Tasmania and is an Australian poet, literary critic and novelist.

Educated at the University of Tasmania and Cambridge University, Harwood has worked as an academic at Flinders University in South Australia.^[1] He left Flinders University in 1997^[2] to become a full time writer.

While he is better known for his writing on poetry, Harwood made an impact with his first novel, The Ghost Writer, which was commended in literary awards in Australia and which was a winner of a major International Horror award.

Harwood is the son of the poet, Gwen Harwood.

Contents 1 Awards 2 Bibliography 2.1 Novels 3 Biography and Literary Criticism 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Awards

• The Miles Franklin Award for The Ghost Writer, longlisted 2005
• The Commonwealth Writers Prize The Ghost Writer, commended South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book section, 2005
• International Horror Guild Awards for The Ghost Writer, Best First Novel winner 2005^[3]
• Dracula Society Awards, Children of the Night Award for The Ghost Writer, winner 2004^[4]

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels

• The Ghost Writer (Jonathan Cape, 2004)Review
• The Seance (Jonathan Cape, 2008)

[edit] Biography and Literary Criticism

• Olivia Shakespear and W.B. Yeats : after long silence (Macmillan, 1989)
• Eliot to Derrida : the poverty of interpretation (Macmillan, 1995)

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Meet the Author: John Harwood, by Samela Harris (18-Mar-2006). The Big Book Club. Retrieved on 2007-09-17.

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NAME	Harwood, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Contemporary Australian novelist
DATE OF BIRTH	1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH