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Jared Thomas – writer, and arts curator Margaret Tucker – activist and author of If Everyone Cared (1977), one of the first autobiographies of the Stolen Generations David Unaipon (1872–1967) – first published Aboriginal author
Indigenous Australian literature is the fiction, plays, poems, essays and other works authored by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. While a letter written by Bennelong to Governor Arthur Phillip in 1796 is the first known work written in English by an Aboriginal person, David Unaipon was the first Aboriginal author to ...
FNAWN was one of the main organisers of the first trip by Aboriginal writers to the US, to attend a book fair to showcase their work. It has hosted guests from Canada, New Zealand and the US at various events. [7] In 2014, the FNAWN worked with Australian Poetry on the management of the Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry. [14]
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
Indigenous people in Australia are both Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.People of South Sea Islander descent may be included by popular culture, although they are the descendants of Pacific Islanders brought to Australia during the 19th century as indentured labour on the Queensland sugar canefields.
Veronica Gorrie (born 1971/1972), also known as Veronica Heritage-Gorrie, is an Aboriginal Australian writer. She is a Gunai woman of the Krauatungalang clan. Her first book, Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience, a memoir reflecting on her Aboriginality and the decade she spent in the police force, was released in 2021.
Alexis Wright FAHA (born 25 November 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian writer. She is best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria.She was the first writer to win the Stella Prize twice, in 2018 for her "collective memoir" of Leigh Bruce "Tracker" Tilmouth and in 2024 for Praiseworthy.
In 1980, he received the FAW Patricia Weickhardt Award to an Aboriginal Writer. [18] Academic Adam Shoemaker, who has covered much of Davis' work and Aboriginal Australian literature, has said that he was one of "Australia's most influential Aboriginal authors". [10] His plays were recognised internationally and were performed in Canada and ...