Nigel Krauth

Nigel Krauth (born February 8, 1949) is an Australian novelist and academic. He is currently Associate Professor at Griffith University teaching creative writing. He has published four novels and co-authored a number of young adult works.

Biography

Krauth was born in Cremorne, New South Wales. He studied at the University of Newcastle, NSW. He did a research master's at the Australian National University in 1972 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Queensland in 1983. He taught at the University of Papua New Guinea, Mitchell CAE (now Charles Sturt University), and Southern Cross University,^[1] before his appointment at the Gold Coast CAE (which is now Griffith University).^[2]

Nigel Krauth has won several awards, including the Vogel Award (co-winner, 1982) for Matilda My Darling (pre-publication title: The Jolly Swagman Affair) and the Christina Stead Award (1991) for JF Was Here. Krauth has also judged several book awards including the "Best Fiction Book, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards" since 2002 and the "Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize" since 2004. Besides long fiction he has also written stories, plays, reviews and essays.^[3]

He has edited several books and currently edits a scholarly journal, TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses which he co-founded with Tess Brady.^[4]

Brisbane's Albert Street Literary Trail features a plaque recording his novel, Matilda, My Darling (corner of Albert and Elizabeth Streets).

Novels

• Matilda, My Darling, Allen & Unwin, 1983, ISBN 0868614580
• The Bathing-Machine Called the Twentieth Century, Allen & Unwin, 1988, ISBN 0043202217
• JF Was Here, Allen & Unwin, 1992, ISBN 0044422830
• Freedom Highway, Allen & Unwin, 1999, ISBN 1864489898

References

1. ^ From University of Queensland Press.
2. ^ See Griffith University's page for Nigel Krauth.
3. ^ See Griffith Review
4. ^ See the Text Journal web site.

External links

• The Nigel Krauth web site.
• The Text Journal web site.

Krauth prose on the web:

• Scratch the Surface - Nude Queensland (Griffith Review)
• A Ticket to Albany (TEXT Journal)
• The story in my foot: writing and the body (TEXT Journal) -- thoughts on writing for writers.

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Name	Krauth, Nigel
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Short description	Australian novelist and academic
Date of birth	February 8, 1949
Place of birth	Cremorne, N.S.W.
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