Inez Baranay Inez Baranay i(A14310 works by)
Born: Established: 1949 Naples,
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Italy,
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1950
Heritage: Hungarian
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1 1 y separately published work icon Drink Against Drunkenness : The Life and Times of Sasha Soldatow Inez Baranay , Australia : Local Times Publishing , 2022 26017008 2022 single work biography

'Biography of Sasha Soldatow (1947-2006): anarchist, activist, artist, and unforgettable personality. Born in Germany to a Russian family that emigrated to Australia when he was two, Sasha grew up in Melbourne then moved to Sydney, attracted by its anarchist tradition and new underground radical publishing. He was a staunch supporter of feminism and a leading figure in the nascent gay liberation movement from the late 1960s, active in prison reform and anti-development movements. He published six critically acclaimed books, many stories, essays, and reviews, regular columns in the gay press, and pamphlets of poetry and polemics that he also illustrated, designed and published. He traveled to Moscow where his dreams of living like a Russian were shattered as the Soviet Union fell apart. He is well remembered for his flamboyance, humour and outrageousness; his passions for politics and friendships; his influence, mentoring and editing for many well-known writers; his legal action against the premier funding body of the time; his poetry readings and cabaret performances; his generous and stylish hospitality.' (Publication summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon Turn Left at Venus Inez Baranay , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2019 16790887 2019 single work novel historical fiction

'They were two little girls on a very big boat.

'In the 1930s, Ada and Leyla meet as children on a boat bringing migrants from Old Europe to the New World. They talk of seeing kangaroos yet end up living miles apart from each other in suburban Sydney. Their separations are often lengthy but their friendship endures across continents and decades and is a thread in this haunting story of writing, relationships and ageing.

'Ada (A.L. Ligeti) becomes an author, searching for a Utopian world, exploring aspects of patriarchy and gender in her groundbreaking feminist science fiction novel called Turn Left at Venus. That novel and its sequels are celebrated and much discussed by generations of fans. Memory and imagination fold seamlessly into one another as Ada keeps moving on, from relationships and places, living in hotels and rental spaces in  Kings Cross, San Francisco, Ubud and elsewhere.

'Baranay’s emotionally resonant portrait of the solitary and artistic life, lived adventurously across space and time, triumphantly celebrates the singularity of being, of age, of imagination, and of the ‘getting ready’ for the ending that life demands.'  (Publication summary)

1 Michael Wilding : Growing Wild Inez Baranay , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2016;

— Review of Growing Wild Michael Wilding , 2016 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Ghosts Like Us Inez Baranay , Australia : Inez Baranay , 2015 9625107 2015 single work novel

'3 eras, 3 women: linked by Berlin, performance art, and a poem

'In the 1890s young poet Erika Kieler attends the most progressive artistic salon in Berlin to perform her poem inspired by a visitor from the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

'In 1989, just before the Wall comes down, punk artist Trudi Zahn performs her own version of the same poem in an East Berlin club.

'And in 2009 Lottie Hoffmann prepares to perform Trudi’s work at a cabaret for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The story explores the drive for women’s authentic creativity and personal freedom, cross-cultural exchange, interpretations of history, artistic influence, and a universe in which ghosts appear.' (Publication summary)

1 Questions of Identity Inez Baranay , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia , vol. 6 no. 1 2015;
1 Larry in Pondicherry Inez Baranay , 2012 extract novel (With the Tiger)
— Appears in: Wanderings in India : Australian Perspectives 2012; (p. 189-197)

'I was having a coffee with Josh in Darlinghurst Road after we’d been to a movie about Andy Warhol at the Chauvel. Josh suddenly went ‘oh my god!’, interrupting his own monologue on mechanical reproduction and the uncredited work of assistants in the world of art, and called out ‘Larry!’, and, lo and behold, that’s who it was coming in to the café, Larry. This was not long after the astonishing night when freaky bearded Larry turned up on the street, and just after he had turned up at Isabel’s in his new clothes, which he was wearing now.'  (Introduction)

1 Fantastic Nationality : Becoming a Calmer Chameleon Inez Baranay , 2012 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Spring no. 37 2012; (p. 225-232)
1 Surrealistic Pillow Inez Baranay , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 2 no. 4 2012; Review of Australian Fiction , Omnibus vol. 2 no. 2012;
1 The Idea of Europe Inez Baranay , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 25 no. 2 2011; (p. 164-167)
1 4 y separately published work icon Always Hungry Inez Baranay , Melbourne : Arcadia , 2011 Z1815967 2011 single work novel

'Yearning for the lands of the old gods, escaping the pressures of New York, controversial cultural commentator Marisa comes to Amsterdam in search of escape and inspiration. A fiery transsexual cult figure follows her intent on a showdown. A mysterious blonde beauty has waited centuries to be ready for this.

'The tenth book in Inez Baranay's lively and varied career, Always Hungry is an erotic entertainment about ambition, mortality and relationships, a social comedy with a chilling edge, with questions about the rationalisations we all make when our way of life is based on the suffering of others.' (From the author's website.)

1 We're So Lucky: Gold Coast Inez Baranay , 2010 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Wet Ink , September no. 20 2010; (p. 34-39)
1 Really Talking : Remembering Sasha Saldatow (from a work-in-progress) Inez Baranay , 2010 extract autobiography
— Appears in: Perilous Adventures , vol. 10 no. 4 2010;
2 3 y separately published work icon With the Tiger Inez Baranay , Uttar Pradesh New Delhi : HarperCollins Australia The India Today Group , 2008 Z1563716 2008 single work novel Author's note: This novel is closely based on Somerset Maugham's novel The Razor's Edge (1944). I have followed Maugham's structure exactly and named my characters for his. The title of each of my sections is a line used by Maugham in that section. Some other phrases in my text also correspond to his. the Action of The Razor's Edge begins in 1919 and is mainly set among Americans in Europe. With the Tiger begins in 1979 and its main characters are Australians." - from frontmatter
1 Party Girl Inez Baranay , 2007 single work short story
— Appears in: Wet Ink , Summer no. 9 2007; (p. 44-47)
1 Three Mythic Moments in the life of Family and Friendship Inez Baranay , 2006 single work prose
— Appears in: Confessions and Memoirs : National Anthology of New Australian Writing 2006; (p. 219-222)
1 Scene Stealers Inez Baranay , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 July 2006; (p. 2)
Baranay describes the way in which she used Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge, and his main character, Larry Darrell, to shape her novel Lotus Feet. Baranay used 'exactly [Maugham's] structure and his constellation of characters, only they live 60 years later and are Australians rather than Americans in Europe.'
1 1 Lotus Feet Inez Baranay , 2006 single work novel
1 Surprise Us Inez Baranay , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Coppertales : A Journal of Rural Arts , no. 10 2006; (p. 90-91)

— Review of Explorations in Creative Writing Kevin Brophy , 2003 selected work criticism prose short story essay poetry
1 Strangest Journeys : Bali Inez Baranay , 2005 single work autobiography travel
— Appears in: Travellers' Tales : Best Stories Under the Sun, Volume 2 2005; (p. 211-216)
1 Writing, Standing On Your Head Inez Baranay , 2004 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Winter no. 4 2004; (p. 245-249)
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