Helen Garner biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Helen Garner

Author Name:

Helen Garner

Born As:

Helen Garner

Other Names:

Helen Garner

Born:

7 Nov 1942

Died:





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Novelist and Journalist                          
Selected Works:

Novels:

Monkey Grip - 1977
Moving Out - 1983
The Children's Bach - 1984
Cosmo Cosmolino - 1992
The Spare Room - 2008
Short Story Collections
Honour & Other People's Children: Two Stories - 1980
Postcards from Surfers - 1985
My Hard Heart: Selected Fictions - 1998

Non-Fiction:

La Mama: the Story of a Theatre - 1988
The First Stone - 1995
True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction - 1996
The Feel of Steel - 2001
Joe Cinque's Consolaton - 2004.

Screenplays:

Monkey Grip - 1982, directed and co-written by Ken Cameron
Two Friends - 1986, telemovie, directed by Jane Campion
The Last Days of Chez Nous - 1992, directed by Gillian Armstrong.                          
First husband William Garner
Second husband Jean-Jacques Portail - 1980–1985
Third husband Murray Bail - 1992 and is no longer married.                          
Awards and Nominations:

National Book Council award for Monkey Grip - 1978
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for Postcards from Surfers - 1986
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Television Writing Award for Two Friends - 1987
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award for Cosmo Cosmolino - 1983
Walkley Award for Best Feature Writing for Did Daniel Have to Die?, published in Time Magazine - 1993
Walkley Award for Best Non-Fiction Book for Joe Cinque's Consolation - 2005
Ned Kelly Award joint winner for Best True Crime for Joe Cinque's Consolation - 2005