Alan Gould

Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist and poet.

Born in London Alan Gould's family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before arriving in Australia in 1966.cite web
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accessdate = 2007-03-21 ] He completed a BA at Australian National University and a Diploma of Education at the then Canberra College of Advanced Education. [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-03-21 ] Having worked as a nuclear physics technician and agricultural labourer he began writing full time in 1973, occasionally teaching and writing journalism.

Gould's first books of poems, "Icelandic Solitaries", was published in 1978. Since then numerous volumes of poetry and fiction have followed, with his best known novel being "To the Burning City" (1991) about the relationship between two brothers set in World War II. His work has been awarded the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (1981), the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award (1985), the National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1992) and the Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award (1999).

Bibliography

;Poetry
* "Icelandic Solitaries". (1978)
* "Astral Sea". (1981)
* "The Pausing of the Hours". (1984)
* "The Twofold Place". (1986)
* "Years Found in Likeness". (1988)
* "Formerlight". (1992)
* "Momentum". (1992)
* "Mermaid". (1996)
* "Dalliance and Scorn". (1999)
* "A Fold in the Light". (2001)
* "The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003". (2005) ISBN 0702235164

;Novels
* "The Man Who Stayed Below". (1984)
* "The Enduring Disguises: Three novellas". (1988)
* "To the Burning City". (1991)
* "Close Ups". (1994)
* "The Tazyrik Year". (1998)
* "The Schoonermaster's Dance". (2001) ISBN 0-7322-6654-8 [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/Sept00/rie.html Review]

;Essays
* "Three Streets in Search of an Author". (1993)
* "The Totem Ship". (1996)

References

External links

* [http://www.alangouldwriter.com/ Alan Gould - Author] Webpage
* Synopsis & extract of upcoming novel
* [http://quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=1019 A Birdseye View of the Norwegian Sea] another extract from "The Seaglass Spiral"
* [http://quadrant.org.au/php/article_view.php?article_id=1376 More Short Takes] at "Quadrant"
* [http://www.thylazine.org/archives/thyla7/thyla7h.html On poets being paid for their work] Essay with Geoff Page at Thylazine
* [http://www.cordite.org.au/archives/000548.html ‘Ballade for Alan Gould’] Poem by Alan Wearne
* [http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/throughmyeyes/vi_toh.asp Marching in the Streets] Gould on protesting against the Vietnam War (Video & transcript)

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