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Language
  
English

Notable works
  
The White (1999)

Nationality
  
Australian

Name
  
Adrian Caesar


Ethnicity
  
British

Role
  
Author

Alma mater
  
Reading University

Education
  
University of Reading


Occupation
  
Lecturer, writer and poet

Books
  
Dividing lines, The white

A chat with Adrian Caesar


Adrian Caesar (born 1955) is an Australian author and poet.

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Caesar was born in Manchester, United Kingdom and emigrated to Australia in 1982. He studied at Reading University and has held appointments at various Australian universities, including the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales' School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Writing

Caesar is the author of several books, including the prize-winning non-fiction novel The White based on the Antarctic exploration of Robert F. Scott and Douglas Mawson from 1911 to 1913. His poems have been widely published and his 2005 poetry collection High Wire was shortlisted for the 2007 Judith Wright Prize.

Novels

  • The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913 (1999)
  • Collected poetry

  • Hunger Games (1996)
  • Life Sentences (1998)
  • The June Fireworks: New and Selected Poems (2001)
  • High Wire (2005)
  • Non Fiction

  • Dividing Lines: Poetry, Class and ideology in the 1930s (1991)
  • Taking it Like a Man: Suffering, Sexuality and the War Poets (1993)
  • Kenneth Slessor (1995)
  • Awards

    The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911–1913

  • 2000 Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction
  • 2000 ACT Book of the Year
  • References

    Adrian Caesar Wikipedia