Professor Brian Castro

Telephone	+61 8 8303 3861
Position	Chair Creative Writing
Email	brian.castro@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 4341
Building	Napier
Floor/Room	6 05
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	English

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Biography/ Background

Brian Castro

Contact
brian.castro@adelaide.edu.au
Website: http://www.lythrumpress.com.au/castro/index.html

Biography
Brian Castro was educated at the University of Sydney and has worked in Australian, French and Hong Kong universities as a teacher and writer. He is the author of nine novels and a volume of essays on writing and culture. His novels have won a number of state and national prizes including the Australian/Vogel literary award, The Age Fiction Prize, the National Book Council Prize for Fiction, four Victorian Premier's awards, two NSW Premier's awards and the Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction. He has delivered keynote addresses at major conferences in Shanghai, Vienna, Paris, Toulouse, Hong Kong and Kyoto. He has been a Literature Board member on the Australia Council. For many years he was the literary reviewer for Asiaweek magazine. In 2006 he held the position of Macgeorge Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In 2007-8 he was the Professorial Research Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Melbourne. He is currently Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide.

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Entry last updated: Friday, 31 Jul 2009

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