Jennifer Down

Jennifer Down
Born1990 (age 33–34)
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater
Notable worksBodies of Light (2021)
Notable awardsMiles Franklin Award (2022)
Website
https://www.jenniferdown.com/

Jennifer Down (born 1990) is an Australian novelist and short story writer. She won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award for her novel Bodies of Light.

Biography

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Down was in born 1990.[1] She studied arts at University of Melbourne before studying professional writing and editing at RMIT.[2]

Down has worked as a writer, editor, and a translator.[2]

Awards and recognition

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Down won the 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for "Aokigahara"[3] and received third prize in The Age Short Story Award for "A Ticket to Switzerland" in 2010.[2]

Down's first novel, Our Magic Hour, was shortlisted for the 2014 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award.[4] She was chosen as one of The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists in 2017 for Pulse Points and 2018 for Bodies of Light.[5] She won the Steele Rudd Award at the Queensland Literary Awards[6] and the Readings Prize in 2018 for Pulse Points.[2]

Her 2021 novel, Bodies of Light, won the 2022 Miles Franklin Award[7] and was shortlisted for the 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction,[8] the 2022 Stella Prize,[9] the 2022 fiction The Age Book of the Year,[10] the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award[11] and the 2022 Voss Literary Prize.[12]

Works

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  • Down, Jennifer (2016). Our Magic Hour. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 304. ISBN 978-1925240832.
  • —— (2017). Pulse Points: Stories. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 240. ISBN 978-1925355970.
  • —— (2021). Bodies of Light. Melbourne: The Text Publishing Company. p. 448. ISBN 978-1925773590.

References

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  1. ^ "Down, Jennifer, 1990–". viaf.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jennifer Down". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Down wins 2014 Elizabeth Jolley Prize". Books+Publishing. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021.
  5. ^ Steger, Jason (29 April 2018). "The 2018 Best Young Australian Novelists: Jennifer Down, Pip Smith and more". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ^ Story, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  8. ^ "VPLAs 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Stella Prize 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Age Book of the Year 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Short List 2022". The Voss Literary Prize. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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