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Name
  
Nicholas Jose


Role
  
Novelist

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Education
  
Australian National University

Books
  
Bapo (Large Print 16pt), Paper nautilus, The red thread, Black Sheep, The custodians

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Nicholas Jose (born 9 November 1952) is an Australian novelist.

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Biography

Born Robert Nicholas Jose in London, England, to Australian parents, Nicholas Jose grew up mostly in Adelaide, South Australia. He was educated at the Australian National University and Oxford University. He has traveled extensively, particularly in China, where he worked from 1986 to 1990. He was President of Sydney PEN from 2002 to 2005, Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University from 2009 to 2010, and is currently Professor of English and Creative Writing both at the University of Adelaide and Bath Spa University, England. He has written widely on contemporary art and literature from Asia and the Pacific.

Awards and nominations

  • 1990 shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award - Avenue of Eternal Peace
  • 1997 shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia - The Custodians
  • 2003 shortlisted for the The Age Book of the Year, Non-fiction - Black Sheep
  • References

    Nicholas Jose Wikipedia