Martin Edmond Martin Edmond i(A47800 works by)
Born: Established: 1952 Ohakune, Wanganui, North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1981
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BiographyHistory

Martin Edmond grew up in small North Island towns in New Zealand. He studied Anthropology and English at The University of Auckland before graduating MA in English from Victoria University of Wellington. After a year lecturing at Victoria University he joined the avant garde theatre group Red Mole and five years later, in 1981, moved to Australia. Since 1984 he has earned his living as a script writer.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Shortlisted for the 2014 Calibre Prize for the essay 'Five Towns'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Battarbee and Namatjira Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2014 7950029 2014 single work biography

Battarbee and Namatjira is the double biography of artists Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira, one white Australian from Warrnambool in Victoria, the other Aboriginal, of the Arrernte people, from the Hermannsburg Mission west of Alice Springs. From their first encounters in the early 1930s, when Battarbee introduced Namatjira to the techniques of watercolour painting, through the period of Namatjira’s extraordinary popularity as a painter, to his tragic death in 1959, their close relationship was to have a decisive impact on Australian art. This double biography makes extensive use of Battarbee’s diaries for the first time, to throw new light on Namatjira’s life, and to bring Battarbee, who has been largely ignored by biographers, back into focus. Moving between the artists and their backgrounds, Edmond portrays the personal and social difficulties the two men faced, while at the same time illuminating large cultural themes – the traditions and legacies of the Arrernte, the influence of the Lutheran church, the development of anthropology and the evolution of Australian art. [From the publisher's website]

2016 shortlisted National Biography Award
y separately published work icon Dark Night : Walking with McCahon Auckland : Auckland University Press , 2011 Z1868537 2011 single work biography
2013 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
form y separately published work icon 33 Postcards ( dir. Pauline Chan ) Sydney China : Portal Pictures Zhejiang Hengdian Film Production , 2011 Z1784534 2011 single work film/TV Sixteen-year-old Mei Mei has dreamt of meeting her Australian sponsor and pen-friend Dean Randall and his "perfect family" for ten years. When her orphanage travels to Australia to attend a choir festival, Mei Mei disobeys the school leader and sets out to find him, navigating unfamiliar streets with the help of Carl, the charismatic son of a dodgy car dealer. When she discovers that the idyllic life Dean depicted in his postcards is far from the truth, Mei Mei remains tenacious in her efforts to connect with him.' Source: http://sff.org.au/films-container/33-postcards/ (Sighted 08/06/2011)
2011 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Multicultural NSW Award
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