Elizabeth O'Conner
Australian writer (1913–2000)
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Born | Barbara Willard Lowe 1913 Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 6 May 2000(2000-05-06) (aged 86–87) Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
Pen name | Anne Willard |
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | Australian |
Period | 1958–1989 |
Notable works | The Irishman Steak for Breakfast |
Notable awards | Miles Franklin Award, 1960 |
Elizabeth O'Conner (1913 – 6 May 2000), born under the name Barbara Willard Lowe, was an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in Dunedoo in New South Wales. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in Adelaide and Sydney, before teaching at a Brisbane girls' boarding school.[1]
She married Philip Birmingham McNamara, manager of a cattle station in March 1942[2] and moved to Queensland's Gulf Country, where she had four children.[3] She died in Atherton, Queensland in 2000.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Irishman (1960)
- Find a Woman (1963)
- The Chinee Bird (1966)
- The Winds of Fate (1977) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard
- Spirit Man (1980)
- Darling Caroline (1980) - published under the pseudonym Anne Willard
Autobiography
- Steak for Breakfast (1958)
- A Second Helping (1969)
Awards
- 1960 — winner Miles Franklin Award for The Irishman[4]
References
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Recipients of the Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Patrick White (1957)
- Randolph Stow (1958)
- Vance Palmer (1959)
- Elizabeth O'Conner (1960)
- Patrick White (1961)
- Thea Astley / George Turner (1962)
- Sumner Locke Elliott (1963)
- George Johnston (1964)
- Thea Astley (1965)
- Peter Mathers (1966)
- Thomas Keneally (1967)
- Thomas Keneally (1968)
- George Johnston (1969)
- Dal Stivens (1970)
- David Ireland (1971)
- Thea Astley (1972)
- No award (1973)
- Ronald McKie (1974)
- Xavier Herbert (1975)
- David Ireland (1976)
- Ruth Park (1977)
- Jessica Anderson (1978)
- David Ireland (1979)
- Jessica Anderson (1980)
- Peter Carey (1981)
- Rodney Hall (1982)
- No award (1983)
- Tim Winton (1984)
- Christopher Koch (1985)
- Elizabeth Jolley (1986)
- Glenda Adams (1987)
- No award (1988)
- Peter Carey (1989)
- Tom Flood (1990)
- David Malouf (1991)
- Tim Winton (1992)
- Alex Miller (1993)
- Rodney Hall (1994)
- Helen Demidenko (1995)
- Christopher Koch (1996)
- David Foster (1997)
- Peter Carey (1998)
- Murray Bail (1999)
- Thea Astley / Kim Scott (2000)
- Frank Moorhouse (2001)
- Tim Winton (2002)
- Alex Miller (2003)
- Shirley Hazzard (2004)
- Andrew McGahan (2005)
- Roger McDonald (2006)
- Alexis Wright (2007)
- Steven Carroll (2008)
- Tim Winton (2009)
- Peter Temple (2010)
- Kim Scott (2011)
- Anna Funder (2012)
- Michelle de Kretser (2013)
- Evie Wyld (2014)
- Sofie Laguna (2015)
- A. S. Patrić (2016)
- Josephine Wilson (2017)
- Michelle de Kretser (2018)
- Melissa Lucashenko (2019)
- Tara June Winch (2020)
- Amanda Lohrey (2021)
- Jennifer Down (2022)
- Shankari Chandran (2023)
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