Lin Van Hek
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Lin Van Hek (b. 1944) (aka Lin Van Hecke) is an Australian writer and performance artist, and is the co-founder of a political theatre performance group called Difficult Women.
Van Hek was born in Melbourne but lived in Europe and India for some years. Returning to Australia in the 70s, she lived in a commune called 'Tralfamadore' where she built a stone house on the Brass Knocker Creek near the Wadbilliga National Park and state forest in the southeastern corner of New South Wales.
Van Hek was the lead singer of the electro-dance band called Skin the Wig in the 80s. She co-wrote and sung the song Intimacy which was part of The Terminator film. She recorded a solo CD River of Life featuring songs of New Zealand writer, Kath Tait.
Van Hek works with a group of women in North Vietnam designing, manufacturing and trading in silk garments and textiles.
Helen Garner's character "Lilian" is based on Van Hek.
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[edit] Awards
- 1988 winner of the Melbourne The Age Short Story Award
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- The Hanging Girl (Misfit Books, 1988)
- The Ballad of Siddy Church (Spinifex, 1997)
[edit] Short story collections
- The Slain Lamb Stories (Independent, 1979)
- Anna's Box : selected short stories (Difficult Women, 2006)
[edit] Short stories in anthologies
- Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women’s Lives, edited by Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (Spinifex Press, c2003)
- Horse Dreams: The Meaning of Horses in Women’s Lives, edited by Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne and Renate Klein (Spinifex Press, 2004)
