Robert Carter Robert Carter i(A6171 works by) (a.k.a. Robert John Carter)
Born: Established: 1945 Junee, Junee area, Wagga Wagga area, Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Carter has produced videorecordings and is the author of film scripts.

Awards for Works

Tilt i "I was cutting fence posts when it first struck,", 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2005 2005; (p. 16-17)
2003 Honourable mention Robinson Jeffers Tor House Prize for Poetry
form y separately published work icon Traps ( dir. Pauline Chan ) Australia : Ayer Productions , 1993 Z973753 1993 single work film/TV romance

In 1950, English couple Louise and Michael arrive in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a rubber plantation. They stay as guests of the enigmatic plantation overseer Daniel and his beautiful yet difficult daughter Viola at their elegant, decaying villa amid a tropical jungle. Hoping that some time spent working in an exotic location will help reignite the passion in their floundering marriage, Michael and Louise instead find themselves unwittingly involved in the personal, sexual, and political tensions of their hosts. Daniel is desperate to hold onto a way of life no longer possible in a country struggling for independence, bringing him into conflict not only with his daughter but also with his adopted country.

1994 nomination Australian Film Institute Awards Best Screenplay, Adapted
y separately published work icon The Collectors Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1993 Z436021 1993 single work novel young adult

'A spiritual allegory for children tells of the quest of the "Collectors" an unlikely group made up of a cynic, a coward, a criminal, and others, who search the world and themselves for the one thing that will save the planet.'  (Publication summary)

1994 winner Human Rights Awards Children's Literature Award
1994 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Older Readers
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