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Revision as of 04:35, 16 October 2017 by JerryC13 (talk | contribs) (→Bibliography)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ellen van Neerven (born 1990) is an Indigenous Australian writer and poet. Her first book, Heat and Light, won the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writers, the 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Award's Indigenous Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2015.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, was published in 2016. 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- 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' David Unaipon Award for Unpublished Indigenous Writers for Heat and Light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.)
- 'Mangos', This poem was used in the 2017 NSW HSC English Paper 1 to ruin more than 60,000 Year 12 student's ATAR
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.
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{{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.