Gerard Charles Windsor (born 29 December 1944) is an Australian author and literary critic. He was

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in both 1961 and 1962, and a student of

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. Windsor trained as a Jesuit from ages 18 to 24 before realizing it was not his vocation.

Biography

He studied Arts at the

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and

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, before briefly studying medicine. He is a writer, having published ten books, including fiction, compilations of essays, and memoirs. Awarded the 2005 Pascall Prize for Critical Writing, he noted that ''"The primary responsibility of the review is to entertain the reader...The primary responsibility is not to the book or the movie or the play or whatever, which is not to be utterly amoral about it. But nevertheless, it should be a work whole in itself, and give pleasure."''
"Critic with a heart - and a sharp pen", smh.com.au, 1 December 2005; accessed 27 November 2013. Windsor's novel, ''I Have Kissed Your Lips'', was shortlisted for

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award and longlisted for the 2005

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Bibliography

Books

*''Family Lore'' (1990) (memoir) *''The Harlots Enter First'' (1982) (stories) *''Memories of the Assassination Attempt and Other Stories'' (1985) *''Heaven Where The Bachelors Sit'' (1996) (memoir) *''That Fierce Virgin'' (1988) (novella) *''I'll Just Tell You This (1999)'' (memoir) *''I Asked Cathleen To Dance'' (1999) (memoir) *''The Mansions of Bedlam: Stories and Essays'' (2000) *''I Have Kissed Your Lips'' (2004) (novel) *''Ned Kelly and the Odd Rellie'' (2007) (clerihews) * *''The Tempest-Tossed Church: Being a Catholic Today'' (2017)

Critical studies and reviews of Windsor's work

;''All day long the noise of battle'' *

References

Links

Profile of Gerard Windsor
brisbanewritersfestival.com.au (2003)

from the

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