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Early life and education [ edit ]
Van Neerven was born in 1990 to Dutch and Aboriginal parents,[1] Mununjali clan of the Yugambeh nation .[2] [3]
They studied creative writing at the Queensland University of Technology .[4]
They are openly queer [5] non-binary , using they/them pronouns.[6]
Writing career [ edit ]
Van Neerven's first book, Heat and Light, won the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards' David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writers,[7] NSW Premier's Literary Award's Indigenous Writers Prize[8] Stella Prize in 2015.[9]
Their second book, the poetry collection Comfort Food , was published in 2016. One of van Neerven's stories, Confidence Game , was featured in SBS podcast series, True Stories , in 2015.[10]
Throat (2020) is van Neerven's second collection of poems, and consists of five themed chapters:[2] [11] [12] Throat won three prizes at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards : Book of the Year; the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry ; and the Multicultural NSW Award.[2]
Van Neerven has also had some of their poetry translated into their grandmother's Yugambeh language by Shaun Davies .[13]
Van Neerven published a piece in Griffith Review [14] [15]
In June 2024, text from two of van Neerven's works, titled Shoutlines and yaburuhma dugun (infinite sky) were shown on the Federation Square Big Screen, presented as part of 'The Blak Infinite' program at the 2024 RISING: festival in Melbourne .[16]
Other activities [ edit ]
In September 2015, in a collaboration with Poets House in New York , a recording of six First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN) members reading their work was presented at a special event, which was recorded. Van Neerven was one of the readers, along with Jeanine Leane , Dub Leffler , Melissa Lucashenko , Bruce Pascoe , and Jared Thomas .[17]
Van Neerven is co-host and creative producer of two podcasts ,[6] Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times , launched in June 2020,[18] Between the Leaves , launched in October 2020.[19] [20]
Awards and honours [ edit ]
Van Neerven was a recipient of a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship , an award of A$160,000 given to mid-career creatives and thought leaders.[21]
Selected works [ edit ]
Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity (2023) – poetry, autobiography, history
Fiction [ edit ]
Short stories [ edit ]
Collections [ edit ]
Comfort Food , University of Queensland Press (2016)
Throat , University of Queensland Press (2020)[12]
invisible spears
As editor [ edit ]
Writing Black: New Indigenous Writing from Australia , edited by Ellen van Neerven, State Library of Queensland (2014)
Joiner Bay and Other Stories , edited by Ellen van Neerven, Margaret River Press (2017)
Homeland Calling: Words from a new generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices , edited by Ellen van Neerven, Desert Pea Media via Hardie Grant Publishing (2020)[37]
Critical studies and reviews [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Ellen van Neerven, Writer, (Yugambeh) | NGV" . www.ngv.vic.gov.au . Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ "An Interview with Ellen van Neerven |" . Sydney Review of Books . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ Russell, Stephen A. "Throwing light on queer Indigenous voices" . SBS.
^ a b "About" . Ellen van Neerven . 2 October 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
^ jurisdiction=Queensland, corporateName=State Library of Queensland. "2013 winners" . qldlitawards.org.au . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ a b "Winners announced for 2016 NSW Premier's Literary Awards" . State Library of New South Wales . 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ a b "Shortlist 2015 | The Stella Prize" . thestellaprize.com.au . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ "Ellen van Neerven" . Programs . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ Neerven, Ellen van (2020), Throat [Catalogue entry]
^ a b Neerven, Ellen van (2020), Throat , University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-6434-4
^ van Neerven, Ellen (2018). "Gibam Garandalehn (Full Moon)" . The Red Room Company.
^ Neerven, Ellen van (1 September 2021). "No limits" . Griffith Review 73 ). Retrieved 13 May 2022 .
^ Lewis, Samantha (12 May 2022). " . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 13 May 2022 .
^ https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/the-blak-infinite , Retrieved 2024-06-15.
^ "First Nations Australia Writers' Network Reading" . Poets House . 30 August 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021 .
^ "UQP launches a poetry podcast, Extraordinary Voices for Extraordinary Times" . UQP . 26 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
^ "Launch of Between the Leaves podcast with hosts Ellen van Neerven and Hermina Burns" . Victorian Women's Trust . Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
^ "Between the Leaves" . Victorian Women's Trust . 26 November 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
^ "Past Award Recipients" . Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation . Retrieved 2 November 2022 .
^ Wyndham, Susan (13 May 2016). "The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists awards turn 20" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2016 shortlist announced" . Books+Publishing . 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020 .
^ McGowan, Michael (16 October 2017). "Indigenous poet Ellen van Neerven abused by year 12 English students" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 October 2017 .
^ Qian, Jinghua (12 November 2019). "Winners announced for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards" . ArtsHub Australia . Retrieved 13 November 2019 .
^ "Van Neerven wins inaugural UQP Quentin Bryce Award" . Books+Publishing . 27 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020 .
^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2020 shortlists announced" . Books+Publishing . 5 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020 .
^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced" . Books+Publishing . 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020 .
^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced" . Books+Publishing . 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021 .
^ "ALS Gold Medal 2021 shortlist announced" . Books+Publishing . 18 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced" . Books+Publishing . 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022 .
^ Heath, Nicola (1 February 2024). "Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn't published" . ABC News . Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ "Skin" . Meanjin . 3 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ " . theliftedbrow.com . Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ "McSweeney's Issue 41" . store.mcsweeneys.net . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ "Invisible spears" . Overland literary journal . Retrieved 19 November 2016 .
^ Homeland calling ISBN 978-1-74117-692-6 OCLC 1126588713 .{{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link ) CS1 maint: others (link )
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