Beverley Farmer

Beverley Anne Farmer (also known as B. Christou) (born February 7, 1941) is an Australian novelist and short story writer.

Beverley Farmer was born in Melbourne. She was educated at Mac.Robertson Girls' High School and the University of Melbourne where she graduated with a BA in 1960.

She has worked in various jobs, mainly teaching and waitressing. She married a Greek migrant, Christos Talihmanidis, in 1965. They were married for thirteen years, three of which were spent in Greece. They returned to Australia for their son to be born in 1972.

Best known for her novels and short stories, Farmer has also written essays, poetry, reviews and criticism. Her writing has been published in several magazines, journals and newspapers, including "Overland", "Westerly", "Meanjin", "Island Magazine", and "The Bulletin".

Loss features as a central theme in Farmer’s stories. She has described it as the ‘touchstone’ of her work. [Farmer, Beverley. “Preoccupations”. "ALS" 14 (1990): 390-92 at 390.] The ‘experience of being foreign’ is also a favourite subject. [Hergenhan, Laurie. ed. "The Australian Short Story". St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2002 at p. 413.]

Awards and nominations

* 1984 - New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for "Milk"
* 1996 - "The House in the Light" was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award

elected works

hort story anthologies

* "Milk" (1983)
* "Home Time" (1985)
* "Collected Stories" (1986)

Novels

* "Alone" (1980)
* "The Seal Woman" (1992)
* "The House in the Light" (1995)

Other

* "A Body of Water: A Year’s Notebook" (1990)

References

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