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Ouyang Yu
Ouyang Yu (; born 1955) is a contemporary Chinese Australian author, translator and academic. Early life and education Ouyang Yu was born in the People's Republic of China, arriving in Australia in 1991 to study for a Ph. D. at La Trobe University, which he completed in 1995. Career Ouyang's literary output has been prodigious. Apart from several collections of poetry and a novel he has translated authors as diverse as Christina Stead, Xavier Herbert, Germaine Greer, and David Malouf. He also edits (or edited) ''Otherland'', a bilingual English-Chinese literary journal. Yu's poem "New Accents" is one of the prescribed texts in Module A of the HSC subject, English Standard. Recognition and awards In 2015 Ouyang was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Translation Prize, In 2019 his poem "New Accents" was included as a prescribed text for English Standard. In 2021 he won the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection at the Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouyang
Ouyang () is a Chinese surname. It is the most common two-character Chinese compound surname, being the only two-character name of the 400 most common Chinese surnames, according to a 2013 study. Variations/transliterations * Chinese languages : ''Ouyang'', ''Oyang'', ''O Yang'', ''O'Yang'', ''Owyang'', ''Au Yong'', ''Auyong'', ''Ah Yong'', ''Auyang'', ''Auyeung'', ''Au Yeung'', ''Au Yeang'', ''Au Yeong'', ''Au Ieong'', ''Ao Ieong'', ''Eoyang'', ''Oyong'', ''O'Young'', ''Auwjong'', ''Ojong'', ''Owyong'', ''Ou Young'', ''Ow Yeong'', ''Ow Young'' * Vietnamese languages : ''An-dương'', ''Arang'', ''Orang'', ''Urang'' (安陽, in ancient Name of Vietnam, Annam), ''Âu-dương'' (Northern Vietnam, Northern), ''Âu-giương'' (Central Vietnam, Central), ''Âu-dzương'' (Southern Vietnam, Southern), ''Âu-rương'', ''Âu-lương'', ''Âu-lang'', ''Âu-giang'' * Korean language, Korean : 구양 (''Guyang'') * Japanese language, Japanese : (おうよう, ''Ōyō'') History The Song dyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Wright Calanthe Award
The Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award is awarded annually as part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form. The prize honours the work of Australian poet, Judith Wright. Winners 2024 * Winner: L. K. Holt, ''Three Books'' (Vagabond) * Manisha Anjali, ''Naag Mountain'' (Giramondo) * Jarad Bruinstroop, ''Reliefs'' (UQP) * Mitchell Welch, ''Vehicular Man'' (Rabbit Poetry) * Petra White, ''That Galloping Horse'' (Shearsman Books) 2023 * Winner: Lionel Fogarty, ''Harvest Lingo'' (Giramondo) * Michael Farrell, Googlecholia (Giramondo) * Autumn Royal, ''The Drama Student'' (Giramondo) * Simon Tedeschi, ''Fugitive'' (Upswell) * Rae White, ''Exactly As I Am'' (UQP) 2022 * Winner: Pam Brown, ''Statis Shuffle'' (Hunter Publishers) * Eunice Andrada, ''TAKE CARE'' (Giramondo) * Dan Disney, ''accelerations & inertias'' (Vagabond) * Gavin Yuan Gao, ''At the Altar of Touch'' (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian People Of Chinese Descent
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse) Australian (1858 – 15 October 1879) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was exported to the United States where he had modest success as a racehorse but became a very successful and influential breeding stallion. Back ..., a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Australian Novelists
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Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18–January 20, 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Taiwan from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transit Lounge
Transit Lounge Publishing is an independent Australian literary small press founded in Melbourne in 2005. It publishes literary fiction, narrative and trade non-fiction. The books it publishes show the diversity of Australian culture. Distribution is by NewSouth Books, NewSouth. Transit Lounge was founded by two librarians, Barry Scott and Tess Rice. The first book they published was ''Sing, and Don’t Cry: A Mexican Journal'' by Cate Kennedy. In 2011 they published ''Tales from the Cancer Ward,'' a memoir by filmmaker Paul Cox (director), Paul Cox. It is a member of the Small Press Network, a group of small and independent Australian publishers. Selected award-winning books *''The English Class'' (2010) by Ouyang Yu, winner of the Multicultural Award at the 2011 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards *''Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz'' (2012) by Roger Averill (author), Roger Averill, winner of the Non-fiction book at the 2012 Western Australian Premier's Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Prize For Literature
The Melbourne Prize Trust is a charitable foundation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 2004 by Simon H. Warrender for the specific purpose of awarding three arts awards on a rotating three-year basis: the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, and the Melbourne Prize for Music. The first Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture was awarded in 2005. History The Melbourne Prize Trust was founded by Simon H. Warrender, son of Simon Warrender, in 2004. The trust was an arts initiative of the Committee for Melbourne, which had been founded by Warrender Jr.'s mother, Pamela Myer Warrender (daughter of Sir Norman Myer). Simon Warrender announced the establishment of the prizes after the unveiling of '' Magic Pudding'', a sculpture commissioned by him for the Ian Potter Foundation Children's Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. The trust sells miniatures of the sculpture to contribute to the prize money. The inaugural prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Literary Awards
The Queensland Literary Awards is an awards program established in 2012 by the Queensland literary community, funded by sponsors and administered by the State Library of Queensland. Like the former Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the QLAs celebrate and promote outstanding Australian writing. The awards aim to seek out, recognize and nurture great talent in Australian writing. They draw national and international attention to some of our best writers and to Queensland's recognition of outstanding Australian literature and publishing. These awards have a focus on supporting new writing through the Emerging Queensland Writer – Manuscript Award and Unpublished Indigenous writer – David Unaipon Award. "They give local writers and new writers something to aspire to." History The Queensland Literary Awards was established by a not-for-profit association of passionate Queensland volunteers and advocates for literature, in response to Queensland Premier Campbell Newman disestab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
