Gerard Windsor (born 29 December 1944) is an Australian author and literary critic. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview in both 1961 and 1962, where, like Justin Fleming, he was taught by Melvyn Morrow. Dux (plural duces) is Latin for leader (from the verb ducere, 'to lead' and could refer to anyone who commanded troops such Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is a Roman Catholic, day and Boarding school for boys located in Riverview, a small Suburb Justin Fleming (1953-) is a playwright and writer Like Gerard Windsor and Nick Enright, Fleming attended St Ignatius' College Riverview, where he was Melvyn Morrow is an Australian playwright and English teacher He was a Jesuit from ages of 18 to 24. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order From there he studied arts at Australian National University and Sydney University, before a short stint in a medical course. The Australian National University, commonly abbreviated to ANU, is a public Research university situated in Canberra, Australia. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia He has been a writer ever since, publishing eight books, including fiction, compilations of essays, and memoirs. for other uses see Memoir (disambiguation As a literary Genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire [1]
Awarded the 2005 Pascall Prize for Critical Writing, he noted that "The primary responsibility of the review is to entertain the reader", he said. The Pascall Prize for Critical Writing is an annual Australian award for a critic whose work over the previous 12 to 18 months has contributed significantly to public appreciation "The primary responsibility is not to the book or the movie or the play or whatever, which is not to be utterly amoral about it. But nevertheless, it should be a work whole in itself, and give pleasure. " [2]
His novel, I Have Kissed Your Lips, was longlisted for the 2005 Miles Franklin Award. The 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’
Books
- Family Lore (1981)
- The Harlots Enter First (1982)
- Memories of the Assassination Attempt and Other Stories (1986)
- Heaven Where The Bachelors Sit (1996)
- That Fierce Virgin (1999)
- I'll Just Tell You This (1999)
- I Asked Kathleen To Dance (2000)
- The Mansions of Bedlam: Stories and Essays (2000)
- I Have Kissed Your Lips (2004)
Sources
- Brisbane Writer's Festival(2003): Gerard Windsor
- Critic with a heart - and a sharp pen
- Culture and the Arts: Australia in Brief from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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