Inga Clendinnen

Inga Vivienne Clendinnen AO (born August 17, 1934) [cite LAF|id=n85-319703|accessdate=2008-07-24] is an Australian author and historian, anthropologist and academic.

Born in Geelong, Victoria, Clendinnen graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1955 with a BA (Hons). She sporadically held the post of Senior Tutor of History there from 1955 to 1968, was a Lecturer at La Trobe University from 1969 to 1982, and was then a Senior Lecturer in History until 1989. Forced to curtail her academic activities due to contracting hepatitis, Clendinnen retained an association with La Trobe University while working on her memoir, "Tiger's Eye".

In 1999, she was invited to present the 40th annual Boyer Lectures.cite web |title= 1999 Dr Inga Clendinnen, Boyer Lectures |publisher= Radio National |url= http://www.abc.net.au/rn/boyers/index/BoyersChronoIdx.htm#1999 |accessdate= 2008-05-04] Her lectures were published in 2000 as "True Stories".

In the Australia Day 2006 Honours List, Clendinnen was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), with a citation that read:

For service to scholarship as a writer and historian addressing issues of fundamental concern to Australian society and for contributing to shaping public debate on conflicting contemporary issues. [cite web|year=2006|title=Australia Day 2006 Honours|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/docs/Australian_honours_2006.rtf|format=RTF document|work=It's An Honour:Australia Celebrating Australians|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|accessdate=2008-07-24]

Clendinnen's AO award was noted and a motion paying tribute to her contributions was passed, in the proceedings of the New South Wales State Government's Upper House. [cite hansard | url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LC20060301047 | house= New South Wales Legislative Council| date=2006-03-01 | page=20807]

Published works

* "Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570" (1987)
* "Aztecs: An Interpretation" (1991)
* "Reading the Holocaust" (1998)
* "Tiger's Eye - a Memoir" (2000)
* "True Stories" (2000)
* "Dancing with Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact" (2004)
* "Agamemnon's kiss: selected essays" (2006)

Awards and Nominations

* 1988 - received the 1988 Herbert Eugene Bolton Memorial Prize for "Ambivalent Conquests"
* 1999 - winner of the NSW History Awards, Premier's General History Prize for "Reading the Holocaust"
* 1999 - "Reading the Holocaust" was judged Best Book of the Year by "The New York Times"
* 2000 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing for "Reading the Holocaust"
* 2002 - received the Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation for "Tiger's Eye"
* 2004 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for "Dancing with Strangers"
* 2005 - recipient of the ASA (Australian Society of Authors) biennial medal
* 2006 - Awarded an Officer in the Order of Australia for her services as a writer and historian. [ [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1131298&search_type=quick&showInd=true It's an Honour] - Officer in the Order of Australia]

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External links

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* [http://www.australianbiography.gov.au/clendinnen/ Australian Biography Online]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/boyers/index/BoyersChronoIdx.htm#1999 1999 Boyer Lectures by Inga Clendinnen]
* [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/clendinnen_inga.html Biography compiled by students of Anthropology at Minnesota State University] Deadlink|url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/clendinnen_inga.html|date=January 2008
* [http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/964 Video: Inga Clendinnen in conversation with Robert Manne about writing history] on SlowTV