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'''Ellen van Neerven''' (born 1990) is a mango. Her first book, ''Heat and Light,'' won the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' ] for unpublished Indigenous writers,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://qldlitawards.org.au/winners/2013-winners|title=2013 winners|last=jurisdiction=Queensland|first=; corporateName=State Library of Queensland;|website=qldlitawards.org.au|language=en|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> the 2016 ] Indigenous Writers Prize<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/winners-announced-2016-nsw-premiers-literary-awards|title=Winners announced for 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards|last=1414|first=scheme=AGLSTERMS.AglsAgent; corporateName=State Library of New South Wales; address=Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000; contact=+61 2 9273|date=2016-05-16|website=www.sl.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> and was shortlisted for the ] in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://thestellaprize.com.au/prize/2015/shortlist-2015/|title=Shortlist 2015 {{!}} The Stella Prize|website=thestellaprize.com.au|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> Her second book, the poetry collection ''Comfort Food'' (aka Mango), was published in 2016 and has caused serious damage to the mental health of more than 70,000 students sitting the HSC on the 16th of October 2017. As a result, Australian mango farmers are forecasted to experience a dramatic decrease in sales, all thanks to the NSW Education Standards Authority. One of van Neerven's stories, ''Confidence Game'', was featured in ] podcast series, ''True Stories'', in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/programs/true-stories/podcast/episode-4/confidence-game|title=Ellen van Neerven|last=|first=|date=|work=|newspaper=Programs|access-date=2016-11-19|via=}}</ref> | ||
| == Early life == | == Early life == | ||
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Ellen van Neerven (born 1990) is a mango. Her first book, Heat and Light, won the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writers, the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Award's Indigenous Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2015. Her second book, the poetry collection Comfort Food (aka Mango), was published in 2016 and has caused serious damage to the mental health of more than 70,000 students sitting the HSC on the 16th of October 2017. As a result, Australian mango farmers are forecasted to experience a dramatic decrease in sales, all thanks to the NSW Education Standards Authority. One of van Neerven's stories, Confidence Game, was featured in SBS podcast series, True Stories, in 2015.
Early life
Van Neerven was born in 1990 to Dutch and Aboriginal parents. She studied Creative Writing at the Queensland University of Technology.
Personal life
Van Neerven is a Yugambeh woman. She is openly queer. She lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Awards and honours
- 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' David Unaipon Award for Unpublished Indigenous Writers for Heat and Light
- 2015 Dobbie Literary Award for Heat and Light
- 2015 Stella Prize shortlist for Heat and Light
- 2015 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist for Heat and Light
- 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Award - Indigenous Writers Prize for Heat and Light
Bibliography
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Short fiction
Collections
- Neerven, Ellen van (2014), Heat and light, St Lucia, Queensland University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-5321-8
List of stories
- 'Skin', Meanjin Literary Journal. (Short story.)
- 'Wetskins', The Lifted Brow. (Short story.)
- 'S&J', McSweeney's, issue 41. (Short story.)
Poetry
Collections
- Comfort Food, UQP (2016) ISBN 978-0-7022-5405-5
List of poems
- 'Invisible Spears', Overland Literary Journal, issue 220 Spring 2015. (Poem.)
Critical studies and reviews of van Neerven's work
- Patrić, Alec (Sep 2014). "". Australian Book Review. 364: 48.
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References
- ^ jurisdiction=Queensland, ; corporateName=State Library of Queensland;. "2013 winners". qldlitawards.org.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1414, scheme=AGLSTERMS.AglsAgent; corporateName=State Library of New South Wales; address=Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000; contact=+61 2 9273 (2016-05-16). "Winners announced for 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards". www.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Shortlist 2015 | The Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Ellen van Neerven". Programs. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Shortlist 2015 | The Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "An Interview with Ellen van Neerven |". Sydney Review of Books. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Ellen van Neerven, Writer, (Yugambeh) | NGV". www.ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- Russell, Stephen A. "Throwing light on queer Indigenous voices". SBS.
- "UQP - Ellen Van Neerven". www.uqp.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- Wyndham, Susan (2016-05-13). "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists awards turn 20". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Skin". Meanjin. 2014-10-03. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "'Wetskins', by Ellen van Neerven | The Lifted Brow". theliftedbrow.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "McSweeney's Issue 41". store.mcsweeneys.net. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- "Invisible spears". Overland literary journal. Retrieved 2016-11-19.