David Walsh David Walsh i(A140853 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

David Walsh is a Tasmanian entrepreneur made his fortune by developing a gambling system. He is the founder of the Museum of Old and New Art where his extensive private collection is exhibited.

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Personal Awards

2016 recipient Order of Australia Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) For distinguished service to the visual arts through the establishment of the Museum of Old and New Art, and as a supporter of cultural, charitable, sporting and education groups.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon A Bone of Fact Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2014 7675406 2014 single work autobiography

'David Walsh - the creator of The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart - is both a giant and an enigma in the Australian art world. A millionaire who made his wealth gambling, he has turned a wild vision into a unique and bizarre reality, he is in turns controversial, mysterious and idolised. A Bone of Fact is his utterly unconventional, incredibly absorbing and brilliantly surprising memoir, about which he says:

'Stanislaw Lem, noted Polish science fiction author and notorious smartarse, once told an American colleague that his new collection of short stories would be published in a paper bag. This conjured a mental picture of the stories being selected by lucky dip. The idea that my life story could be told that way, without a disabling manifesto, is appealing.

'Unfortunately Mr Lem had actually said 'paperback' (his meaning concealed underneath his thick accent), a wholly ordinary practice to deliver extraordinary stories. My story lacks Mr Lem's magical reality and philosophy, and it also lacks a paper bag.~

'One friend who perused an early manuscript of A Bone of Fact suggested I consign it to a garbage can, and I like the idea. The idea of a vignette popping out every time you depress the foot-pedal is a good one. So if you are reading this after it having popped out of the trash I'm probably paying royalties.'

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2015 longlisted Tasmania Book Prizes Tasmanian Literary Awards Margaret Scott Prize
2015 longlisted Tasmania Book Prizes Tasmanian Literary Awards Tasmania Book Prize
2015 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Biography of the Year
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