Ruby Langford Ginibi
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| Ruby Langford Ginibi | |
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| Born | 26 January 1934 Coraki, New South Wales |
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| Other names | Langford, Ruby Maude ; Langford, Ruby |
| Occupation | Indigenous Australian author and historian |
Ruby Langford Ginibi (born 26 January 1934) is a Bundjalung woman,[1] an acclaimed author and historian.
She was born at the Box Ridge Mission, Coraki on the NSW north coast, grew up at Bonalbo and went to high school in Casino.
At 15, she moved to Sydney where she qualified as a clothing machinist. She married young and had nine children, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Like many women writers, she didn't start her writing career until later in life.
Her best known book is her autobiographical work, Don't Take Your Love to Town, published in 1988, which won the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Human Rights Award for Literature.[2]
She received an inaugural History Fellowship from the NSW Ministry for the Arts in 1994, an inaugural honorary fellowship from the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, in 1995, and an inaugural doctorate of letters (Honors Causia) from La Trobe University, Victoria in 1998.
In 2005 she was awarded the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Special Award. She is a historian and lecturer on Aboriginal history, culture and politics. Her works are studied in Australian high schools and universities.
She recently won the 2006 Australia Council for the Arts Writers' Emeritus Award.
Dr Ginibi received the award, and prize of up to $50,000, at a ceremony during the Sydney Writers' Festival[3] . The award recognises the achievements of writers over the age of 65.
Dr Ginibi has written non-fiction books, essays, poems and short stories.
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[edit] Bibliography
- Don't Take Your Love to Town, (Penguin, 1988)ISBN: 9780702235955
- Real Deadly, (Angus & Robertson, 1992)
- My Bundjalung People, (UQP, 1994)
- Haunted by the Past, (Allen & Unwin, 1999)
- All My Mob, (UQP, 2007) ISBN: 9780702235962
- A Journey into Bundjalung Country, with Pam Johnston
- Ruby Langford Ginibi, co-authored with John Barnes and Blanca Fullana
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ginibi, Ruby Langford. AustLit. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ 1989 Human Rights Medal and Awards. Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission.
- ^ Ruby Langford Ginibi wins writers' award. National Nine News. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
[edit] References
- Approaches to Don't Take Your Love to Town edited by Penny van Toom. University of Queensland. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
[edit] External links
- Approaches to Don't Take Your Love to Town at Australian Women's Studies Resources
- Remembering Ruby - Don't Take Your Love to Town again MC Review, accessed 15 July 2007.
- Sydney Writers' Festival
- Sydney Writer's Festival: Festival News Issue 1 2005
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Ginibi, Ruby Langford |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Indigenous Australian author and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coraki, New South Wales, Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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