TIM WINTON

'Timothy John Winton' (born 1960), known as 'Tim Winton', is an acclaimed Australian novelist. He was born in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

Career

Bibliography

Novels

Short Story Collections

Other Short Story Appearances

Children's Books

Non-Fiction

Dramatisations

Adaptations

Awards & Nominations

External links

References

Career

While attending ''Curtin University'', Winton wrote his first novel, ''An Open Swimmer''. This won ''The Australian/Vogel Literary Award'' and kickstarted his writing career. He is now one of Australia's most well-known novelists, writing both for adults and children.
In 1995 Winton's novel ''The Riders'' was shortlisted for the ''Booker Prize'', as was his 2002 book ''Dirt Music'', which is now being turned into a movie. He has won or been nominated for numerous other prizes including winning the ''Miles Franklin Award'' three times: for ''Shallows'' (1984), ''Cloudstreet'' (1991) and ''Dirt Music'' (2002). ''Cloudstreet'' is arguably his best-known work. His next novel, due for release in 2008, will be called ''Breath''.[1]
Tim Winton lives in Western Australia with his wife and three children.
Winton has a brother, Andrew Winton, who works as a professional musician and school chaplain [2] and a sister, Sharyn O'Neill, who is the current Director General of the West Australian Department of Education and Training. [3]

Bibliography

Novels

★ ''An Open Swimmer'' 1982

★ ''Shallows'' 1984

★ ''That Eye, The Sky'' 1986

★ ''In the Winter Dark'' 1988

★ ''The Collected Short Novels of Tim Winton'' 1988 includes ''An Open Swimmer'', ''That Eye, The Sky'' and ''In the Winter Dark''

★ ''Cloudstreet'' 1991

★ ''The Riders'' 1994

★ ''Blueback'' 1997

★ ''Dirt Music'' 2001

Short Story Collections

★ ''Scission and Other Stories'' 1985

★ ''Minimum Of Two'' 1987

★ '' 1993, an anthology of ''Scission'' and ''Minimum of Two'', as well as some other material.

★ ''The Turning'' 2005

Other Short Story Appearances

★ "My Father's Axe" - appears in ''The Oxford Book of Australian Short Stories'' selected by Michael Wilding and ''The Penguin Century of Australian Short Stories'' edited by Carmel Bird.

★ Tim Winton has also had short stories published in numerous other publications, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', ''The Bulletin'' and ''Meanjin''.

Children's Books

★ ''Jesse'' 1988

★ ''Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo'' 1990

★ ''The Bugalugs Bum Thief'' 1991

★ ''Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster'' 1993

★ ''Lockie Leonard, Legend'' 1997

★ ''The Deep'' 1998 - illustrated by Karen Louise

Non-Fiction

★ ''Land's Edge'' 1993 - with Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood

★ '' 1994

★ '' 1998 - photography and text by Bill Bachman, additional text by Tim Winton

★ ''Down to Earth'' 1999 - text by Tim Winton and photographs by Richard Woldendorp

Dramatisations

★ ''Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo'' adapted by Paige Gibbs and performed by the Perth Theatre Company.

★ ''That Eye The Sky'' adapted by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh. The play was reviewed by Jason Romney in The Herald Sun, October 17, 1994 issue.

Adaptations

★ A series based on the Lockie Leonard books is currently in production. It is being shot in Albany.

★ There are currently plans to produce a TV miniseries of Cloudstreet.

★ A movie adaptation of Dirt Music is currently in production.

Awards & Nominations

★ 2 time Booker Prize nominee

★ 3 time Miles Franklin Award winner

★ Tim Winton was included in the Bulletin's '100 Most Influential Australian's' list in 2006.[4]
'Full List of Awards and Nominations':

★ 1981 Australian Vogel National Literary Award An Open Swimmer

★ 1984 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Shallows

★ 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award Scission

★ 1990 Western Australian Premier's Award for Children's Fiction Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo

★ 1991 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Cloudstreet

★ 1991 NBC Banjo Award for Fiction (Australia) Cloudstreet

★ 1991 West Australian Fiction Award Cloudstreet

★ 1992 Deo Gloria Award Cloudstreet

★ 1993 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo

★ 1993 Wilderness Society Environment Award (Australia) Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster

★ 1994 Australian Book of the Year (shortlist) The Riders

★ 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) The Riders

★ 1995 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book) The Riders

★ 1998 Bolinda Audio Book Awards (Australia) Blueback

★ 1998 Family Award for Children's Literature (Australia) Lockie Leonard, Legend

★ 1998 Wilderness Society Environment Award (Australia) Blueback

★ 1999 WAYRBA Hoffman Award for Young Readers (Australia) Blueback

★ 2001 Western Australian Premier's Book Award Premier's Prize Dirt Music

★ 2002 Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award Dirt Music

★ 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) Dirt Music

★ 2002 Miles Franklin Award (Australia) Dirt Music

★ 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award Dirt Music

★ 2003 Australian Society of Authors Medal

★ 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book) (shortlist) The Turning

External links

★ Guide to the papers of Tim Winton - held by the National Library of Australia

★ Interview transcript from ''Enough Rope'' with Andrew Denton, October 2004

★ Middlemiss.org Tim Winton information page

★ Penguin.com Penguin.com author page

References

★ Middlemiss.org Tim Winton information page.

★ Contemporary writers Tim Winton information page.

★ AusLit Australian Literature Agent

★ Photo source:Contemporary Writers. Photo by Denise Fintch.