David Ireland (author)

For other people with the same name, see David Ireland.

David Ireland AM
Born	David Neil Ireland (1927-08-24) 24 August 1927 Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Australian
Notable works	The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, The Glass Canoe, A Woman of the Future
Notable awards	Miles Franklin Award (1971, 1976, 1979)

David Neil Ireland AM (born 24 August 1927) is an Australian novelist.

Biography

David Ireland was born in Lakemba in New South Wales in 1927.

Before taking up full-time writing in 1973 he undertook the classic writer's apprenticeship by working in a variety of jobs ranging from greenkeeper to an extended period in an oil refinery.

This latter job provided the inspiration for his second (and best-known) novel, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, which brought him recognition in the early 1970s and which is still considered by many critics to be one of the best and most original Australian novels of the period.

He won the Miles Franklin Award three times (1971, 1976 and 1979). He is one of only four Australian writers to win the Award more than twice; the others are Thea Astley and Tim Winton (4), and Peter Carey (3).

Honours and awards

1966 — winner The Advertiser Literary Competition for The Chantic Bird
1971 — winner Miles Franklin Award for The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
1976 — winner Miles Franklin Award for The Glass Canoe
1979 — winner Miles Franklin Award for A Woman of the Future
1980 — joint winner The Age Book of the Year Award Book of the Year for A Woman of the Future
1985 — winner Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Archimedes and the Seagle^[1]

He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1981.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

The Chantic Bird (1968)
The Unknown Industrial Prisoner (1971)
The Flesheaters (1972)
Burn (1974)
The Glass Canoe (1976)
A Woman of the Future (1979)
City of Women (1981)
Archimedes and the Seagle (1984)
Bloodfather (1987)
The Chosen (1997)
The World Repair Video Game (2015)

Drama

Image in the Clay (1964)

External links

References

Recipients of the Miles Franklin Literary Award

1957–1975	Patrick White (1957) Randolph Stow (1958) Vance Palmer (1959) Elizabeth O'Conner (1960) Patrick White (1961) Thea Astley / George Turner (1962) Sumner Locke Elliott (1963) George Johnston (1964) Thea Astley (1965) Peter Mathers (1966) Thomas Keneally (1967) Thomas Keneally (1968) George Johnston (1969) Dal Stivens (1970) David Ireland (1971) Thea Astley (1972) No award (1973) Ronald McKie (1974) Xavier Herbert (1975)

1976–2000	David Ireland (1976) Ruth Park (1977) Jessica Anderson (1978) David Ireland (1979) Jessica Anderson (1980) Peter Carey (1981) Rodney Hall (1982) No award (1983) Tim Winton (1984) Christopher Koch (1985) Elizabeth Jolley (1986) Glenda Adams (1987) No award (1988) Peter Carey (1989) Tom Flood (1990) David Malouf (1991) Tim Winton (1992) Alex Miller (1993) Rodney Hall (1994) Helen Demidenko (1995) Christopher Koch (1996) David Foster (1997) Peter Carey (1998) Murray Bail (1999) Thea Astley / Kim Scott (2000)

2001–present	Frank Moorhouse (2001) Tim Winton (2002) Alex Miller (2003) Shirley Hazzard (2004) Andrew McGahan (2005) Roger McDonald (2006) Alexis Wright (2007) Steven Carroll (2008) Tim Winton (2009) Peter Temple (2010) Kim Scott (2011) Anna Funder (2012) Michelle de Kretser (2013) Evie Wyld (2014) Sofie Laguna (2015) A. S. Patrić (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 117143471 LCCN: n79059671 ISNI: 0000 0001 0938 8230 GND: 119278669 SUDOC: 033148023 BNF: cb124044188 (data) NLA: 35236414

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