Susanna De Vries Susanna De Vries i(A65995 works by) (a.k.a. Susanna De Vries-Evans; Susanna Mary De Vries)
Born: Established: London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Susanna de Vries is an international author and former lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology. She writes full time and lectures in public libraries and to branches of , the Australian Fine and Decorative Art Society (ADFAS).

Of Anglo-Irish extraction Susanna's biological father was a distinguished author. Adopted at birth and raised by loving adoptive parents, whose London home was bombed during World War 2, Susanna spent years living with relatives or in hotels. Reading everything she could find became her refuge and comfort.

She attended boarding school at Ascot and then went to study at the Sorbonne University in Paris and won a scholarship to study Art History in Madrid. She speaks fluent Spanish and French and has lived and worked in London, Edinburgh, Berlin, Florence, Barcelona and Sydney but now (2011) lives in Brisbane.' Source: www.susannadevries.com/ (Sighted 07/02/2011)

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2012 winner Society of Women Writers, New South Wales, Awards — The Alice Award
1996 Order of Australia — Member of the Order of Australia (AM) In recognition of service to art as an author and lecturer in Australian and European art history and history.
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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Desert Queen : The Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2008 Z1477725 2008 single work biography "Born into modest circumstances in Ireland in 1859 and orphaned by the age of six, Daisy Bates' prospects were dim. But through strength of will she pulled herself up to become governess, wife, mother, journalist, intrepid traveller and one of Australia's most controversial ethnographers. The mistress of reinvention, once in Australia, Daisy was able to pass herself off as a member of the aristocracy. Marriage followed - first to the young Breaker Morant, then bigamously to two other husbands. But her lack of convention went deeper than her private life; at a time when white Australia mostly turned its back on indigenous Australians, Daisy set out to study desert Aborigines and document their culture. She would eventually spend 16 years living in a tent in outback Australia tending and documenting desert tribes."--Provided by publisher.
2009 shortlisted National Biography Award
y separately published work icon Great Pioneer Women of the Outback Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2005 Z1201570 2005 selected work biography 'In the 1800s, the first white farmers and graziers making their homes in the outback were joined by their wives, many of whom had no idea what lay in store. This book profiles Australia's women pioneers and records the extraordinary grit and determination it took to build what many would consider an ordinary life.' (Publication summary)
2005 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Non-Fiction Book
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