Writers' Emeritus Award
Subcategory of Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships
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Notes

  • The purpose of the Emeritus Awards is 'to acknowledge the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 65 who have made outstanding and lifelong contributions to Australian literature'.

    (Source: Australia Council Grants Handbook, 1998)

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2011

Robert Gray

Year: 2008

Christopher Koch
Gerald Murnane

Year: 2005

Margaret Scott
Ruby Langford Ginibi

Year: 2001

Bruce Dawe The other recipient of the Emeritus Award in 2001 was John Williamson Hooker (q.v.) Both Hooker and Dawe received the maximum amount.
winner John Hooker The other recipient of the Emeritus Award in 2001 was Bruce Dawe (q.v.). Both Dawe and Hooker received the maximum amount.

Year: 1998

Eleanor Spence
Peter Porter
VIEW ALL LISTED RECIPIENTS (18)

Works About this Award

Author Adds to Life Story with Top Award single work review
A Pair of Ragged Claws Stephen Romei , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2011; (p. 19) A column canvassing current literary news.
Emeritus Award for Peter Kocan 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Artery , no. 14 2010; (p. 16)
Inmate's Write Turn 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 November 2010; (p. 8)
Undercover Susan Wyndham , 2008 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 February 2008; (p. 28) A column canvassing current literary news including brief reports on the announcement of the Australia Council's Emeritus Awards and on the USA-reception of Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book.
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