Emily Ballou

Emily Ballou is an Australian-American poet, novelist and screenwriter. Her first poetry collection The Darwin Poems, a verse portrait of Charles Darwin, was published by University of Western Australia Press in 2009.[1] It was written as part of an Australia Council for the Arts residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in County Monaghan, Ireland.[2]

She is also the author of the novels Father Lands (Picador, 2002),[3] Aphelion (Picador, 2007) and the picture book One Blue Sock (with illustrations by Stephen Michael King) (Random House, 2007).[2]

Background

Emily Ballou was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She immigrated to Australia in 1991. [3] She studied Fine Arts and English at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, graduating with a Bachelor in Fine Arts with Honours and completed a Master of Letters in Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. She now lives in Scotland.

Awards and nominations

2010 – New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards: Shortlisted for The Darwin Poems[4]

2010 – Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Shortlisted for The Darwin Poems[5]

2010 – Fellowship of Australian Writers Anne Elder Award: Highly Commended for The Darwin Poems

2010 – Australian Literature Society Gold Medal: Shortlisted for The Darwin Poems[1]

2010 – Mary Gilmore Prize: Shortlisted for The Darwin Poems

2009 – Wesley Michel Wright Poetry Prize for The Darwin Poems[1]

2003 – Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist for Father Lands[6]

1997 – The Ibis Foundation's Judith Wright Prize for Poetry for the poem "Enter"[2]

Bibliography

2009 – The Darwin Poems, University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 1-921401-27-3, ISBN 978-1-921401-27-5.

2007 – Aphelion, Picador: Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN 0-330-42312-6, ISBN 978-0-330-42312-0.

2007 – One Blue Sock, Random House Australia, ISBN 1-74166-228-1, ISBN 978-1-74166-228-3.

2002 – Father Lands, Picador: Pan Macmillan Australia, ISBN 0-330-36384-0, ISBN 978-0-330-36384-6.

Anthologies

2010 – "The Beach",The Penguin Book of the Ocean[7]

2010 – "Darwin as Metaphor", Journal 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, Birkbeck: University of London, No. 11, pp. 1–17.[8]

2009 – "Here is a Hair From Her Head", Best Australian Short Stories[9]

2008 – "On the Splice", Best Australian Short Stories[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Award-winning book of poetry shortlisted for national award | University News : University News : The University of Western Australia. News.uwa.edu.au (2010-06-17). Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  2. 1 2 3 Poetry – 2010 – Poetica – Subjects A-Z. Abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  3. 1 2 Next stop after the comfort zone. smh.com.au (2002-12-21). Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  4. ↑ Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry – NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2011. Pla.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  5. ↑ Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: State Library of Western Australia. Slwa.wa.gov.au. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  6. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Entertainment. Blogs.smh.com.au. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  7. ↑ Bradley, J (ed.) (2010). "The Beach", The Penguin Book of the Ocean, Penguin Australia, ISBN 978-1-926428-16-1
  8. ↑ No 11 (2010). 19.bbk.ac.uk. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
  9. ↑ Falconer, D (ed.) (2009). "Here is a Hair From Her Head", Best Australian Short Stories, Black Inc., ISBN 978-1-86395-453-2.
  10. ↑ Falconer, D (ed.) (2008). "On the Splice", Best Australian Short Stories, Black Inc., ISBN 978-1-86395-295-8.

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