Good as Goldsworthy |
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| Title : | Good as Goldsworthy |
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| Creator : | Harrison, Sky | ||
| Source : | The Adelaide magazine | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | Advertiser Enterprises | ||
| Date of creation : | March 2009 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Advertiser Enterprises | ||
| Format : | Magazine | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Article on Peter Goldsworthy complete with colour photographs. Appears in the Adelaide magazine, March 2009, p30-34 Peter Goldsworthy, best known in his role as a contemporary Australian author, was born in Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula in 1951. He grew up in various South Australian towns and in Darwin before graduating in medicine from the University of Adelaide in 1974. Goldsworthy's writing career began early and in 1982 was recognised with the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for Readings from ecclesiastes a collection of poems. In 1989 his first novel Maestro, recently adapted as a stage production, was published. Since then he has had five novels, six collections of short stories and three collections of poetry published. The novels include Honk if you are Jesus (1992), Wish (1995), Keep it simple, stupid (1996), Three dog night (2003), and Everything I knew (2008). Goldworthy's work has been described as '...[it] often assess the triviality of contemporary life with acerbic wit and humour. His works frequently exhibit a compassion for the disadvantaged that is balanced by his critique of the apathy of those more fortunate.' (c.f The Austlit Gateway, accessed 3 March 2009). In addition to Goldworthy's role as an author, he is a practising GP in Adelaide, Chairman of the Libraries Board of South Australia and the Australia Council's Literature Board. |
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| Related names : | Goldsworthy, Peter, 1951- |
| Coverage year : | 2009 |
| Period : | 21st century |
| Place : | Minlaton |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Brice, Chris. 'Novel lifestyle', The Advertiser, 20 September 2003, 'Weekend' insert, p. 15 England, Katharine. 'Good Medicine', The Advertiser, 4 October 2003, 'Weekend' insert, p. 11 Harrison, Sky. 'Good as Goldsworthy', The Adelaide magazine, 26 February 2009, p. 30 Pengelley, Jill. 'Poetic GP want young lives to be an open book', The Advertiser, 4 December 2002, p. 34 |
| Internet links : | Austlit : the Australian literature resource Literature Resource Centre - available to access on site or remotely Peter Goldsworthy's website http://www.petergoldsworthy.com/ Guide to the papers of Peter Goldsworthy held at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy |
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