Tom Flood
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Tom Flood is an Australia
n novelist, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician. Tom Flood was born in Sydney
in New South Wales
, the son of writer Dorothy Hewett
and grew up in Western Australia
.
His novel Oceana Fine
won the 1988 Australian/Vogel Literary Award and he has since been confined to mainly short stories.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n novelist, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician. Tom Flood was born in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, the son of writer Dorothy Hewett
Dorothy Hewett
Dorothy Coade Hewett was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist and playwright. She was also a member of the Communist Party of Australia, though she clashed on many occasions with the party's leadership.-Early life:Hewett was born in Perth and was brought up on a sheep and wheat farm...
and grew up in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
His novel Oceana Fine
Oceana Fine
Oceana Fine is a 1989 Miles Franklin literary award winning novel by the Australian author Tom Flood.-Awards:*Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1990: winner*Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 1990: winner...
won the 1988 Australian/Vogel Literary Award and he has since been confined to mainly short stories.
Awards
- Australian/Vogel Literary Award, Oceana Fine, 1988
- Miles Franklin AwardMiles Franklin AwardThe Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ...
, Oceana Fine, 1990 - Victorian Premier's Literary AwardVictorian Premier's Literary AwardThe Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were created by the Victorian Governmentwith the aim of raising the profile of contemporary creative writing and Australia's publishing industry....
Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Oceana Fine, 1990
Reviews
- Oceana Fine
- Westerly, Sept. 1990, p. 93-94
- West Australian, 22 October 1988, Weekend p. XI