Name Anita Heiss Role Author | ||
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Books Am I Black Enough For You?, Tiddas, Manhattan Dreaming, Paris Dreaming, Not Meeting Mr Right Similar People Peter Minter, Rosie Scott, Sophie Masson, Nadia Wheatley, Libby Gleeson | ||
Education Western Sydney University | ||
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Dr Anita Heiss (born 1968 in Sydney) is an Australian author, presenter and commentator. She is a prolific writer working across a range of areas: non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women's fiction, poetry, social commentary, travel, extending her reader's knowledge and understanding of contemporary Aboriginal life in Australia. She is a regular guest at writers' festivals and travels internationally performing her work and lecturing on Indigenous literature.
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- Onexsameness dr anita heiss at tedxbrisbane
- Anita heiss aboriginal writing literature as a political tool
- Biography
- Non fiction
- Novels
- Childrens literature
- Poetry
- Humour
- Other edited books
- Awards prizes
- Scholarships fellowships grants
- References
Anita is an advocate for Indigenous literature and literacy through her writing for adults and children and her membership of Boards and committees. She is a role model for the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy and an Advocate for the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and an Indigenous Literacy Day Ambassador.
Anita Heiss is an Adjunct Professor with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney.
Anita heiss aboriginal writing literature as a political tool
Biography
Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central NSW. She was born in Sydney in 1968. Her mother Elsie Heiss née Williams was born at Erambie Mission, Cowra in Wiradjuri country. Her father Josef Heiss was born in St Michael in the Lungau, Salzburg, Austria. Heiss was educated at St Clare's College, Waverley then the University of New South Wales where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in History (Honours),1991; she gained her PhD in Communication and Media at the University of Western Sydney, 2000. Since 2000 Heiss has undertaken writers-in- residence positions at Macquarie University, Sydney and throughout NSW. She was Deputy-Director at Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University; Communications Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts and consultant researcher / writer for the Aboriginal History website at the City of Sydney. She runs her own communications business, Curringa Communications.. Anita was appointed to the State Library of Queensland board in 2017.
Heiss has lived in Sydney for most of her life and currently resides in Brisbane, Queensland.