Robert Hollingworth Robert Hollingworth i(A35112 works by)
Born: Established: 1947 Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Robert Hollingworth is an artist and printmaker who has held more than twenty-five exhibitions in Australia and overseas. His work is held in more than a dozen public collections and he has been the recipient of many awards, including the Sulman Prize.

As a writer, his non-fiction included many published reviews and essays on contemporary art.. He studied Professional Writing in 1991 and completed his Master of Fine Art in 1995, both at RMIT University, Melbourne.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

1990 winner Sulman Prize for Going away/Looking back

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon They Called Me the Wildman : The Prison Diary of Henricke Nelson Sydney : Pier 9 , 2008 Z1482824 2008 single work novel historical fiction 'Historian and artist Robert Hollingworth's captivating reconstruction of Swedish-born naturalist Heinricke Nelsen's solitary life on a mountain in Victoria's Tallarook Ranges in the 1860s is written in the form of a prison diary. No imaginary work could arrange a better cast of characters than this meticulously researched story. Nelsen's personal reflections interweave with fascinating and engrossing depictions of life in Australia in the early to mid 1800s, allowing the reader insights into issues early white settlement of race, class, land development, commerce and trade, the law and living conditions in general. (Publisher's blurb)
2010 shorlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Award for Fiction
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