Patrick Holland (author)
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Born7 August 1977
Isaac River, Queensland, Australia
Isaac River, Queensland, Australia
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Vietnamese
Patrick Gordon Holland | |
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| Born | 7 August 1977 Isaac River, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
| Language | English, Chinese, Vietnamese |
Patrick Gordon Holland is an Australian novelist and short story writer who has won several literary awards for his works about Australian bushrangers and Asian culture.
Holland grew up in outback Australia working as a horseman for local station owners. He later moved to Brisbane, Queensland, where he attained his PhD at Queensland University of Technology, researching non-place, sacred place and Japanese religio-aesthetics.
Holland is an assistant professor of humanities and creative writing at Hong Kong Baptist University. He is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Association and was a judge of the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
