{"id":75701,"date":"2021-10-16T16:10:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T16:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=75701"},"modified":"2021-10-16T16:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T16:10:58","slug":"michelle-de-kretser-from-methodist-college-to-global-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/michelle-de-kretser-from-methodist-college-to-global-platforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle de Kretser: From Methodist College to Global Platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2018\/08\/27\/michelle-de-kretser-from-methodist-college-to-global-platforms\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Michelle de Kretser: From Methodist College to Global Platforms<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Michelle-de-Kretser.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle de Kretser\" width=\"369\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2018\/08\/27\/michelle-de-kretser-from-methodist-college-to-global-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b>Michelle de Kretser<\/b>\u00a0=\u00a0<strong>born 11 November 1957 =\u00a0 an Australian novelist who was born in<\/strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Sri Lanka\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\">Sri Lanka<\/a>\u00a0(then\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Dominion of Ceylon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dominion_of_Ceylon\">Ceylon<\/a>), and moved to Australia in 1972 when she was 14.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_de_Kretser#cite_note-1\">[1]\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/sup>De Kretser was educated at Methodist College, Colombo and in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Methodist College, Colombo\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methodist_College,_Colombo\">Methodist College, Colombo<\/a>,<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_de_Kretser#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and in Melbourne and Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She worked as an editor for travel guides company\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Lonely Planet\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lonely_Planet\">Lonely Planet<\/a>, and while on a sabbatical in 1999, wrote and published her first novel,\u00a0<i>The Rose Grower<\/i>. Her second novel, published in 2003,\u00a0<i><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"The Hamilton Case\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hamilton_Case\">The Hamilton Case<\/a><\/i>\u00a0was winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (UK) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). Her third novel,\u00a0<i><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"The Lost Dog\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_Dog\">The Lost Dog<\/a><\/i>, was published in 2007. It was one of 13 books on the long list for the 2008\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Man Booker Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Man_Booker_Prize\">Man Booker Prize<\/a>\u00a0for fiction. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the\u00a0<i>Australian Women\u2019s Book Review<\/i>. Her fourth novel,\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i>, won several awards, including the 2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Miles Franklin Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miles_Franklin_Award\">Miles Franklin Award<\/a>, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"ALS Gold Medal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ALS_Gold_Medal\">ALS Gold Medal<\/a>), and the 2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Prime Minister's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister%27s_Literary_Awards\">Prime Minister\u2019s Literary Awards<\/a>\u00a0for fiction. It was also shortlisted for the 2014 Dublin Impac Literary Award. Her 2017 novel,\u00a0<i>The Life to Come<\/i>, was shortlisted for the 2018\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Stella Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stella_Prize\">Stella Prize<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michelle_de_Kretser#cite_note-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Awards\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Awards<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2004 \u2013 Encore Prize for\u00a0<i>The Hamilton Case<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2004 \u2013\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Commonwealth Writers' Prize\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Writers%27_Prize\">Commonwealth Writers\u2019 Prize<\/a>, South-East Asia and the Pacific for\u00a0<i>The Hamilton Case<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2005 \u2013 Tasmania Pacific Award for\u00a0<i>The Hamilton Case<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2007 \u2013 Liberatur Award for\u00a0<i>The Hamilton Case<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2008 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards\">New South Wales Premier\u2019s Literary Awards<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards#Christina_Stead_Prize_for_Fiction\">Christina Stead Prize for fiction<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards#Book_of_the_Year\">Book of the Year<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>The Lost Dog<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2008 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"ALS Gold Medal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ALS_Gold_Medal\">ALS Gold Medal<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>The Lost Dog<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2013 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Miles Franklin Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miles_Franklin_Award\">Miles Franklin Award<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2013 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"ALS Gold Medal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ALS_Gold_Medal\">ALS Gold Medal<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2013 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Prime Minister's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prime_Minister%27s_Literary_Awards\">Prime Minister\u2019s Literary Awards<\/a>\u00a0Fiction Prize for\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2013 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Western Australian Premier's Book Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Western_Australian_Premier%27s_Book_Awards\">Western Australian Premier\u2019s Book Awards<\/a>\u00a0Fiction Prize and Premier\u2019s Prize for\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2014 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards\">New South Wales Premier\u2019s Literary Awards<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards#Christina_Stead_Prize_for_Fiction\">Christina Stead Prize for fiction<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_South_Wales_Premier%27s_Literary_Awards#Book_of_the_Year\">Book of the Year<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">2018 \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Miles Franklin Award\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miles_Franklin_Award\">Miles Franklin Award<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0<i>The Life to Come<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"Works\" class=\"mw-headline\" style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Works<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i>The Rose Grower<\/i>\u00a0(1999)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"The Hamilton Case\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Hamilton_Case\">The Hamilton Case<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"The Lost Dog\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lost_Dog\">The Lost Dog<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(2007)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Questions of Travel\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Questions_of_Travel\">Questions of Travel<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(2012)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i>Springtime<\/i>\u00a0(2014)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i>The Life to Come<\/i>\u00a0(2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"mw-body-content\">\n<div id=\"catlinks\" class=\"catlinks\">\n<div id=\"mw-normal-catlinks\" class=\"mw-normal-catlinks\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-navigation\">\n<div id=\"mw-head\">\n<div id=\"right-navigation\">\n<div id=\"p-search\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" role=\"search\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>TWO = Alexandra Watkins :\u00a0\u201c<\/strong><strong><span class=\"NLM_article-title hlFld-title\">Tourists, travellers, refugees: An interview with Michelle De Kretser,\u201d\u00a08 December 2016 \u2026.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17449855.2016.1233681\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/17449855.2016.1233681<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div role=\"search\">\n<div class=\"hlFld-Abstract test\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"abstractSection abstractInFull\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0Michelle De Kretser was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and moved to Australia in 1972. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the\u00a0<i>Australian Women\u2019s Book Review<\/i>. She is the author of several novels, including\u00a0<i>The Rose Grower<\/i>\u00a0(1999),\u00a0<i>The Hamilton Case<\/i>\u00a0(2003 \u2013 winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award [UK] and the Commonwealth Writers Prize [Southeast Asia and Pacific]) and\u00a0<i>The Lost Dog<\/i>\u00a0(2007). Her most recent novel,\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i>, won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal and the 2013 Prime Minister\u2019s Literary Awards for fiction. In this conversation, which took place by telephone call from Melbourne to Sydney in August 2015, De Kretser discusses\u00a0<i>Questions of Travel<\/i>\u00a0in relation to travel and tourism, the Sri Lankan diaspora, and postcolonial and neocolonial politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"abstractKeywords\">\n<div class=\"hlFld-KeywordText\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Keywords:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Michelle+De+Kretser\">Michelle De Kretser<\/a><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Questions+Of+Travel\"><i>Questions of Travel<\/i><\/a><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Sri+Lanka\">Sri Lanka<\/a><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Australia\">Australia<\/a><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Migration\">migration<\/a><span class=\"comma\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/keyword\/Tourism\">tourism<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; 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