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History
Previously the Con Weickardt Prize. Awarded for a published work of biography, autobiography or memoirs.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1992
winner y
Inside Outside : Life Between Two Worlds
North Ryde
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1992
Z248856
1992
single work
autobiography
'Autobiographical account of the changes observed in Australian society in the years following World War II as experienced by the author and his family after leaving Hungary. The author's return to Budapest in 1990 prompts comparisons to the situation in Australia.' (Publication summary)
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Year: 1991
winner y
Journeys into Night
Hawthorn
:
Hudson Publishing
,
1991
Z162340
1991
single work
autobiography
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Year: 1990
winner y
Poppy
Ringwood
:
McPhee Gribble
,
1990
Z791794
1990
single work
novel
(taught in 2 units)
Drusilla Modjeska sets out to collect the evidence of her mother's life. When the facts refuse to give up their secrets, she follows the threads of history and memory into imagination. There she teases out the story of Poppy, who married at twenty and had an apparently happy life until, suddenly one day in 1959, she was taken away to a sanatorium. (Source: Libraries Australia)
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Year: 1989
winner y
The Puzzles of Childhood
Ringwood
:
Viking
,
1989
Z11482
1989
single work
autobiography
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Year: 1988
winner y
Martin Boyd : A Life
Melbourne
:
Melbourne University Press
,
1988
Z551169
1988
single work
biography
