Amanda Lohrey
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BornAmanda Frances Lillian Howard
13 April 1947
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
13 April 1947
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Yearsactive1977–present
Amanda Lohrey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amanda Frances Lillian Howard 13 April 1947 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Notable works | Reading Madame Bovary The Labyrinth |
| Notable awards | Patrick White Award Miles Franklin Award |
| Spouse | Andrew Lohrey |
Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey (née Howard; born 13 April 1947)[1] is an Australian writer and novelist.
Lohrey completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 she lectured in writing and textual studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has held the position of lecturer in School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland in Brisbane in 2002, and joined the Australian National University School of Literature, Languages, and Linguistics as a visiting fellow in 2016 where she continues to write fiction.[2]
Awards and nominations
- 1988 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction The Reading Group[3]
- 1996 winner Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Camille's Bread[3]
- 1996 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction Camille's Bread[3]
- 1996 shortlisted Miles Franklin Award Camille's Bread[3]
- 2005 longlisted Miles Franklin Award The Philosopher's Doll[3]
- 2006 longlisted International Dublin Literary Award The Philosopher's Doll[4]
- 2011 winner Queensland Premier's Literary Award Reading Madame Bovary[3]
- 2012 Patrick White Award[3]
- 2021 winner Miles Franklin Award The Labyrinth[5]
- 2021 winner Voss Literary Prize, The Labyrinth[6]
- 2021 winner Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, The Labyrinth[7]
