Amanda Lohrey

Amanda Lohrey
Born 13 April 1947
Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation Novelist and academic

Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey, (born 13 April 1947) is a writer, and novelist. She completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. Since 2002 she has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.

Awards

The Miles Franklin Award
  • The Philosopher's Doll, 2005 longlisted
  • Camille's Bread, 1996 shortlisted
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
  • The Philosopher's Doll, 2006 longlisted[1]
Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
  • Camille's Bread, 1996 winner
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
  • Camille's Bread, 1996 winner of the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
  • The Reading Group, 1998 shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction

Bibliography

Novels

Essays

External links

Notes

  1. "The 2006 longlist". IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 2007-07-14.