Bruce Grant Bruce Grant i(A1601 works by) (a.k.a. Bruce Alexander Grant)
Born: Established: 4 Apr 1925 Perth, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 3 Aug 2022
Gender: Male
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1 4 y separately published work icon Subtle Moments : Scenes on a Life's Journey Bruce Grant , Clayton : Monash University Publishing , 2017 11346497 2017 single work autobiography

'Bruce Grant was raised in outback Western Australia but lived and worked at or near the centre of power in Australia for several decades, as journalist and foreign correspondent, diplomat, and advisor to governments from Menzies to Whitlam to Hawke and Keating. He spent periods researching and teaching within universities, including as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, and was chairman of the Australia-Indonesia Institute and of major arts organisations, festivals and awards bodies. But throughout his life Grant has also been a successful writer, of film and theatre criticism, novels, short stories, essays, books.

'Australian High Commissioner to India (1973–1976), Grant was an early advocate of the importance of Asia, to Australia. With Gareth Evans he co-wrote Australia’s Foreign Relations in the World of the 1990s (1991). His Indonesia (1964) remains a classic. In Subtle Moments Grant shares stories of public life, and its private dimensions, with literary aplomb and surprising candour, and, more than this, fascinatingly illuminates how Australia has changed over time, and how it might still develop for the better.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Crossing the Arafura Sea Bruce Grant , Melbourne : Bruce Grant , 2015 8701457 2015 single work novel

'He is an Australian businessman with a secret hope that Australia as a nation will count for something important in its region and the world. She is the daughter of an Indonesian mystic whose secret hope is that she will become the country's president. Each year she spends a night with her father in the graves of their ancestors. "Otherwise," she laughs, "I'm just a regular Sydney girl," or, as she sometimes says, "a ratbag feminist." She is against abortion and wants marriage and children. He believes that free love, like free markets, will find its own way. As a compromise, they marry in a secular ceremony in Prague and become crusaders for a liberal, democratic new world order. But Indonesian and Australian politics - and the Goddess of the Arafura Sea - conspire against them. ' (Publication summary)

1 The Trip to Cuba Bruce Grant , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 57 no. 3 2013; (p. 97-104)
1 Mythologising Hawke: A Parti Pris Account of Hawke’s Premiership Bruce Grant , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 324 2010; (p. 12, 14)

— Review of Hawke : The Prime Minister Blanche d'Alpuget , 2010 single work biography
1 The Spirit of Here and Now Bruce Grant , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2004 2004; (p. 233-239)
1 The Great Pretender at the Bar of Justice Bruce Grant , 2002 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2002 2002; (p. 1-8)
1 Incident at Lorne Bruce Grant , 1996 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 40 no. 9 1996; (p. 65-73)
1 7 y separately published work icon The Budd Family Bruce Grant , South Melbourne : Hyland House , 1995 Z150301 1995 single work novel
1 The Other Country Bruce Grant , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 124 1991; (p. 62-66)
1 The Hidden Volumes Bruce Grant , 1991 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 35 no. 5 1991; (p. 62-65)
1 Fatsuma-san Bruce Grant , 1990 single work short story humour
— Appears in: Overland , February no. 117 1990; (p. 44-47)
1 Incident at Mussoorie Bruce Grant , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 43 no. 4 1984; (p. 504-511)
1 The Man from Telecom Bruce Grant , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 96 1984; (p. 39-41)
1 Where Now? Bruce Grant , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Drama : Perspectives Since 1955 1981; (p. 5-10)
1 A House to Die In Bruce Grant , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 24 no. 3 1980; (p. 72-74)
1 7 y separately published work icon Cherry Bloom Bruce Grant , Sydney : Aurora Press , 1980 Z843063 1980 single work novel romance
1 The Day the Crows Came Bruce Grant , 1980 single work short story satire
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23-30 December vol. 101 no. 5243 1980; (p. 183-184)
1 Brilliant Funny Friend Bruce Grant , 1979 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 14 1979; (p. 12-13)

— Review of Valid for All Countries : Stories Desmond O'Grady , 1979 selected work short story ; Running Nicely Morris Lurie , 1979 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Arthur and Eric : An Anglo-Australian Story from the Journal of Arthur Hickman Bruce Grant (editor), Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1977 Z1248876 1977 single work diary This volume presents all the entries from Arthur Hickman's journal that relate to his relationship with Australian author Eric Muspratt. It provides some informing details of Muspratt's life in London, beyond that author's own autobiographical writings.
1 A Bicycle Ride Bruce Grant , 1972 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Autumn vol. 31 no. 1 1972; (p. 25-32)
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