Peter Carey Timeline/title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link href="../../style1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <div id="whole-page"> <div id="head"> <h2>Peter Carey Timeline</h2> <h4>Devon A. Pike '93</h4> <img src="../../icons2/vntop.gif"/> <p class="bc"> [<a href ="../../index.html">Victorian Web Home</a> —> <a href ="../index.html">Neo-Victorian Authors</a> —> <a href ="index.html">Peter Carey</a> —> <a href ="lq.html">Leading Questions</a>]</p></div> <div id="main"> <br/><br/> <p class="chron">1943 (May 7) born; Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia</p> <p class="chron">1961 graduated Monash University</p> <p class="chron">1974 published <span class="book">The Fat Man in History</span><p><span class="book"> </span>1979 published <span class="book">War Crimes</span></p> <p class="chron">1980 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award (for <span class="book">War Crimes</span>)</p> <p class="chron">1980 first published <span class="book">The Fat Man in History and Other Stories </span> (later published in 1981 as <span class="book">Exotic Pleasures</span>)</p> <p class="chron">1981 published <span class="book">Bliss</span></p> <p class="chron">1981 Miles Franklin Award (for <span class="book">Bliss)</span></p> <p class="chron">1982 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award (for <span class="book">Bliss)</span></p> <p class="chron">1982 National Book Council Award (for <span class="book">Bliss)</span></p> <p class="chron">1985 published <span class="book">Illywhacker</span></p> <p class="chron">1985 (March 16) married Alison Summers, theatre director</p> <p class="chron">1985 AWGIE award (for <span class="book">Bliss)</span></p> <p class="chron">1985 awards for best film and best screenplay from the Australian Film Institute (for <span class="book">Bliss)</span></p> <p class="chron">1985 Age Book of the Year (for <span class="book">Illywhacker)</span></p> <p class="chron">1985 nominated for Booker Prize (for <span class="book">Illywhacker)</span></p> <p class="chron">1986 collaborated with Ray Lawrence on screenplay of <span class="book">Bliss</span></p> <p class="chron">1986 Victorian Premier's Literary Award (for <span class="book">Illywhacker)</span></p> <p class="chron">1986 National Book Council Award (for <span class="book">Illywhacker)</span></p> <p class="chron">1988 published <span class="book">Oscar and Lucinda</span></p> <p class="chron">1988 Booker Prize (for <span class="book">Oscar and Lucinda</span>)</p> <hr> <a href ="../../index.html"><div class="nav-tile"> <br/> Victorian <br/> Web </div> </a> <a href ="index.html"><img src="../../icons2/authors/carey2.gif" alt="Carey OV"></a> <a href ="oscard/index.html"><img src="../../icons2/works/oscar2.gif" alt="Oscar & Lucinda"/></a> <p class="date">Last modified 1998</p> </div> </div></div> </div> </body> </html>