| Tara June Winch | |
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| Born | 2 December 1983 Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Known for | Novels and short stories |
Tara June Winch (born 2 December 1983) is an Australian writer of Aboriginal and European descent. Her first book, Swallow the Air, won several major Australian literary awards.
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Winch was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, of Wiradjuri, Afghan and English heritage.[1] She is studying for a Master of Arts degree at the University of Wollongong. She has one daughter. She currently lives in New York City after an Internship at the United Nations. She has started a charity to promote female empowerment called onethousand.org.[2]
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".[3] 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".[4]
Winch has also had been published in Best Australian Stories 2005, 2006, 2010, the Griffith Review, The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age as well as others.
Jane Cornwell (14 June 2008). "The Face: Tara June Winch". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-face-tara-june-winch/story-e6frg8nf-1111116592182.