Tara June Winch

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Tara June Winch

Born 2 December 1983 (1983-12-02) (age 24)
Flag of Australia Wollongong, New South Wales
Known for Novels and short stories
Children Lila (daughter)

Tara June Winch (born 2 December 1983) is an indigenous Australian writer. Her first book, Swallow the Air, won several major Australian literary awards.

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[edit] Life

Winch was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, of Wiradjuri, Afghan and English heritage. She is studying for a Bachelor or Arts degree at the University of Wollongong. Prior to that she travelled around Australia, spent five months in a Buddhist nunnery, travelled to India and lived in a Tibetan refugee community school.[1] She has one daughter.

[edit] Writing

Her first novel, Swallow the air, won several awards. The judges for the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists award wrote that the book "is distinguished by its natural grace and vivid language" and that "As with many first books it deals with issues of family, growing up and stepping into the world. But it strives to connect these experiences to broader social issues, though never in a didactic fashion".[2] Thuy On writes that "Swallow the Air can either be read as a novel with short chapters or as a series of inter-linked short stories" and describes Winch's style in the following words: "in between prose of unvarnished vernacular, Winch offers lyrical sentences that delight in startling metaphorical allusions". [3]

Winch has also had been published in Best Australian Stories 2005, the Griffith Review, The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Creagh (2006)
  2. ^ a b Wyndham (2007) p. 9
  3. ^ On
  4. ^ a b c Moran (2008) p. 5

[edit] References

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NAME Winch, Tara June
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Indigenous Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 2 December 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Wollongong, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH