Liam Davison
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Liam Patrick Davison (29 July 1957 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne,[1] where, until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston.
Biography
Davison was educated at St Bede's College, Melbourne and Melbourne Teacher's College. He was awarded the National Book Council's Banjo Award for Fiction in 1993 and shortlisted for several literary prizes such as The Age Book of the Year Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award.[2] His work has appeared in many Australian literary anthologies.[3][4] He was an occasional reviewer for The Australian newspaper.[5]
Death
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Publications
- The Velodrome (1988)
- The Shipwreck Party (Short stories) (1989)
- Soundings (1993)
- The White Woman (1994)
- The Betrayal (1999)
- The Spirit of Australia (with Jim Conquest) (1999)
- The Florilegium (2001)
- Collected Stories (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013)
References
External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1957 births
- 2014 deaths
- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 20th-century Australian male writers
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- Australian male novelists
- Australian people murdered abroad
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 victims
- Writers from Melbourne
- 21st-century Australian male writers
- People educated at St Bede's College (Mentone)