Thea Astley

Thea Astley ( born August 25, 1925 in Brisbane, † August 17 2004 in Byron Bay) was an Australian writer.

Life

Thea Astley worked after graduating from the University of Queensland as a teacher in Queensland and New South Wales. From 1968 to 1980 she worked at Macquarie University in Sydney. She was married to Jack Gregson and had a son.

Artistic creation

Her novels and short stories are characterized by their Catholic faith and her experiences as a teacher in small places in the Australian outback. Her works focus on problematic characters that do not fit in as an outsider in the social relations.

Awards and honors

Works

  • Girl with a Monkey, 1958
  • A Descant for Gossips, 1960
  • The Well Dressed Explorer, 1962
  • The Slow Natives, 1965
  • A Boat Load of Home Folk, 1968
  • The Acolyte, 1972
  • A Kindness Cup 1974
  • An Item from the Late News, 1982
  • Beach Masters 1985
  • Reaching Tin River, 1990
  • Vanishing Points, 1992
  • Coda, 1994
  • The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow, 1996
  • Drylands, 1999
  • Hunting the Wild Pineapple, 1979
  • It's Raining in Mango, 1987
  • Collected Stories, 1997
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