Peter_Blazey_Fellowship

Peter Blazey Fellowship

Peter Blazey Fellowship

Australian literary award

The Peter Blazey Fellowship in an Australian literary award, in honour of the life and work of Peter Bradford Blazey (1939-1997).[1]

Establishment of Fellowship

The Fellowship was established by Clive Blazey and Tim Herbert, respectively, brother and partner to Peter Blazey, to honour his life and work, as a journalist, author and gay activist.[2] The Fellowship was launched by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby at the Australia Centre, in Melbourne, on 30 April 2004.[3]

Nature of Fellowship

The Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life-writing, and is intended to further a work in progress.[4] The Fellowship comprises a monetary prize and a one-month writing residence with the Australia Centre, within the University of Melbourne.

Fellowship winners

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References

  1. [1]
    AustLit Biography. http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7191. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    Transcript of Speech from the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby. www.michaelkirby.com.au/.../1950-BLAZEY_FELLOWSHIP_MAY_2004.doc. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. [4]
    Australia Centre website. http://australian-centre.unimelb.edu.au/prizes/blazey. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Australian Centre Literary Awards – Peter Blazey Fellowship". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Peter Blazey Fellowship". The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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