Brian Castro

Brian Albert Castro (born 16 January 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist.

Biography

Castro was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Australia since 1961. He was a professorial research fellow in the Creative Writing department at the University of Melbourne [http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/people/brian-castro.html] . He has taken up the Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23619435-12332,00.html] and will commute to Adelaide [http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23619324-5016727,00.html] . His current publisher is Giramondo Publishing [http://www.giramondopublishing.com/imprint_titles/shanghai_dancing/brian_castro.html] .

Awards and nominations

* 1982: Australian/Vogel Literary Award for his first novel, "Birds of Passage"
* 1991: Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, plus the Innovative Writing Award. The Age Book of the Year. Three prizes for his third novel "Double-Wolf"
* 1992: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for "After China"
* 1997: National Book Council Prize for Fiction for "Stepper"
* 2004: Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, and the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Fiction Prize and Book of the Year for "Shanghai Dancing"
* 2006: Miles Franklin Award (Shortlisted), and the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Book Award for "The Garden Book"

Bibliography

Novels

*"Birds of Passage" (1983)
*"Pomeroy" (1990)
*"Double-Wolf" (1991)
*"After China" (1992)
*"Drift" (1994)
*"Stepper" (1997)
*"Shanghai Dancing" (2003)
*"The Garden Book" (2005)

Non-Fiction

*"" (1995)
*"" (1999)

External links

* [http://www.lythrumpress.com.au/castro/index.html Brian Castro at Lythrumpress.com.au]
* [http://www.giramondopublishing.com/imprint_titles/shanghai_dancing/brian_castro.html Brian Castro at Giramondo Publishing]
* [http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/australia/castro/bio.html]
* [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/24/lifebookshelf/17441369&sec=lifebookshelf The Star article - Brian Castro interview - April 24, 2007]
* [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24073197-5000117,00.html Herald Sun - Commentary on Brian Castro book sales - July 25, 2008]
* [http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/34 The Monthly - Commentary on Brian Castro book sales - May 2005]