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'''Janette Turner Hospital''' (née '''Turner''') (born 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the United States, principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975–2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153–163</ref>
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'''Janette Turner Hospital''' (née '''Turner''') (born 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the United States, principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).<ref name="ReferenceA">Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975–2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153–163</ref> She also uses the penname "Alex Juniper".<ref name=britannica>{{cite web |title=Janette Turner Hospital |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Janette-Turner-Hospital |website=Britannica |access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Turner was born in [[Melbourne]] and grew up in [[Queensland]]. She studied at the [[University of Queensland]] and [[Kelvin Grove Teachers College]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1965.<ref>Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".''Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975–2000''.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153–163</ref> She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973.<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321</ref>
Turner was born in [[Melbourne]] on November 12, 1942 <ref name=britannica /> and grew up in [[Queensland]]. She studied at the [[University of Queensland]] and [[Kelvin Grove Teachers College]], gaining a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1965.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> She holds an MA from [[Queen's University, Canada]], 1973.<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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Her books are published in multiple translations.{{Example needed|date=January 2023}}<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Canadian Who's Who 2005''. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.</ref>


Turner Hospital published her first story in "Atlantic Monthly" in 1978, and her first novel, ''The Ivory Swing'', in 1982.<ref name="Austlit">{{cite web|title= Austlit — Janette Turner Hospital |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18890|access-date= 8 May 2024}}</ref>
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Turner Hospital also teaches literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England and the United States (MIT, Boston University, Colgate and the University of South Carolina).

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She also teaches literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England and the United States (MIT, Boston University, Colgate and the University of South Carolina).


She visited the Writer-in-Residence in the MFA program at Columbia University in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Janette Turner Hospital |url=http://www.cas.sc.edu/dean/retired/09-10/hospital.html |publisher=University of South Carolina |access-date=30 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003071802/http://www.cas.sc.edu/dean/retired/09-10/hospital.html |archive-date= 3 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321.</ref>
She visited the Writer-in-Residence in the MFA program at Columbia University in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Janette Turner Hospital |url=http://www.cas.sc.edu/dean/retired/09-10/hospital.html |publisher=University of South Carolina |access-date=30 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003071802/http://www.cas.sc.edu/dean/retired/09-10/hospital.html |archive-date= 3 October 2010 }}</ref><ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Contemporary Literary Criticism'', Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321.</ref>

She has published six novels as well as three story collections. Her 2003 novel ''Due Preparations for the Plague'' received the [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards|Queensland Premier's Award]] for Fiction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birnbaum |first=Robert |date=2003-11-11 |title=Janette Turner Hospital - Identity Theory |url=https://www.identitytheory.com/janette-turner-hospital/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.identitytheory.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Her books, such as ''[[Oyster (novel)|Oyster]]'' and ''Due Preparations for the Plague'', are published in multiple translations.<ref name="ReferenceB">"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Canadian Who's Who 2005''. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.</ref>

She is known for her penchant for beginning books with intricate riddles, continues this pattern with her 2014 novel ''The Claimant'' , it delves into the complexities of identity, class, and morality against the backdrop of a wealthy Vanderbilt family's fortune.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nielson |first=Lucy |title=Janette Turner Hospital weaves a riddling spell in The Claimant |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/janette-turner-hospital-weaves-a-riddling-spell-in-the-claimant-20140526-zronx.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>


==Honours and awards==
==Honours and awards==
Turner Hospital was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from the University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature".<ref>University of Queensland alumni site: {{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author |title=Janette Turner Hospital, author - Alumni & Community |access-date=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913084852/http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author |archive-date=13 September 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She has won a number of international literary awards,<ref>"Janette Turner Hospital". ''Canadian Who's Who 2005''. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.</ref> including the Steele Rudd Award for Best Collection of Short Stories, 2012. She was also a finalist (one of five) for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction
Turner Hospital was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from the University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature".<ref>University of Queensland alumni site: {{cite web |url=http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author |title=Janette Turner Hospital, author - Alumni & Community |access-date=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913084852/http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/janette-turner-hospital-author |archive-date=13 September 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She has won a number of international literary awards,<ref name="ReferenceB"/> including the Steele Rudd Award for Best Collection of Short Stories, 2012. She was also a finalist (one of five) for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction
and for the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction.
and for the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
{{Incomplete list|date=March 2021}}


===Novels===
===Novels===
* {{cite book <!--|author=Hospital, Janette Turner |author-mask= --> |last=Turner Hospital |first=Janette |title=The Ivory Swing |location= |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1982}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=Hospital, Janette Turner |author-mask= --> |last=Turner Hospital |first=Janette |title=The Ivory Swing |location= |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1982}}
*''The Tiger in the Tiger Pit'' (1983)
* ''The Tiger in the Tiger Pit'' (1983)
*''Borderline'' (novel) (1985)
* ''Borderline'' (novel) (1985)
*''Charades'' (novel) (1988)
* ''Charades'' (novel) (1988)
*''A Very Proper Death'', as Alex Juniper (1990)
* ''A Very Proper Death'', as Alex Juniper (1990)
*''The Last Magician'' (1992)
* ''The Last Magician'' (1992)
*''[[Oyster (novel)|Oyster]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Oyster (novel)|Oyster]]'' (1996)
*''Due Preparations for the Plague'' (2003)
* ''Due Preparations for the Plague'' (2003)
*''Orpheus Lost'' (2007)<ref>David Callahan. ''Rainforest Narratives: The Work of Janette Turner Hospital''. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2009</ref>
* ''Orpheus Lost'' (2007)<ref>David Callahan. ''Rainforest Narratives: The Work of Janette Turner Hospital''. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2009</ref>
*''The Claimant'' (2016)
* ''The Claimant'' (2016)


===Short story collections===
===Short story collections===
*''Dislocations'' (1986)
* ''Dislocations'' (1986)
*''Isobars'' (1990)
* ''Isobars'' (1990)
*''Collected Stories'' (1995)
* ''Collected Stories'' (1995)
*''North of Nowhere, South of Loss'' (2003)
* ''North of Nowhere, South of Loss'' (2003)
*{{Citation |title=Forecast : turbulence |date=2011 |publisher=Fourth Estate |isbn=978-0-7322-9444-1}}
* {{Citation |title=Forecast : turbulence |date=2011 |publisher=Fourth Estate |isbn=978-0-7322-9444-1}}


===Articles===
=== Selected articles===
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Hospital, Janette Turner |author-mask= -->|date=December 2019 |title=Missing : in search of missing links |journal=Fryer Folios |publisher=University of Queensland Library |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=10–21}}
* {{cite journal <!--|author=Hospital, Janette Turner |author-mask= -->|date=December 2019 |title=Missing : in search of missing links |journal=Fryer Folios |publisher=University of Queensland Library |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=10–21}}


== References ==
== References ==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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* Brydon, Diana. "The Stone’s Memory: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". ''Commonwealth Novel in English''. 4.1 (1991), pp.&nbsp;14–23.
* Brydon, Diana. "The Stone’s Memory: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". ''Commonwealth Novel in English''. 4.1 (1991), pp.&nbsp;14–23.
* McKay, Belinda. "Transformative Moments: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". ''Queensland Review''. 11.2 (December 2004), pp.&nbsp;1–10 [http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=900331631162604;res=IELHSS PDF for purchase]
* McKay, Belinda. "Transformative Moments: An Interview with Janette Turner Hospital". ''Queensland Review''. 11.2 (December 2004), pp.&nbsp;1–10 [http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=900331631162604;res=IELHSS PDF for purchase]
* ''Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction'', (ed.) Donald J. Greiner, 48.4 (Summer 2007); [http://metapress.com/content/k5502336wgx5/?p=c18ba105fe5a46a5a5b694648e83f1c9&pi=12 issue dedicated to Janette Turner Hospital]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
* ''Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction'', (ed.) Donald J. Greiner, 48.4 (Summer 2007); [https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vcrt20/48/4issue dedicated to Janette Turner Hospital]
*[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/terrorism/news/article.cfm?c_id=340&objectid=10455525 Sibree, Bron (2007-08-06) "To listen and learn", outline of JTH's career and review of ''Orpheus Lost'', in the online version of the ''New Zealand Herald''] [Accessed 2007-08-28]
*[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/terrorism/news/article.cfm?c_id=340&objectid=10455525 Sibree, Bron (2007-08-06) "To listen and learn", outline of JTH's career and review of ''Orpheus Lost'', in the online version of the ''New Zealand Herald''] [Accessed 2007-08-28]
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 17 September 2024

Janette Turner Hospital
BornJanette Turner
1942
Melbourne, Victoria
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1976-
Notable worksDue Preparations for the Plague
Notable awards2004 Davitt Award

Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the United States, principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South Carolina).[1] She also uses the penname "Alex Juniper".[2]

Early life and education

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Turner was born in Melbourne on November 12, 1942 [2] and grew up in Queensland. She studied at the University of Queensland and Kelvin Grove Teachers College, gaining a BA in 1965.[1] She holds an MA from Queen's University, Canada, 1973.[3]

Career

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Turner Hospital published her first story in "Atlantic Monthly" in 1978, and her first novel, The Ivory Swing, in 1982.[4]

She also teaches literature and creative writing and has been writer-in-residence at universities in Australia, Canada, England and the United States (MIT, Boston University, Colgate and the University of South Carolina).

She visited the Writer-in-Residence in the MFA program at Columbia University in 2010.[5][6]

She has published six novels as well as three story collections. Her 2003 novel Due Preparations for the Plague received the Queensland Premier's Award for Fiction.[7]

Her books, such as Oyster and Due Preparations for the Plague, are published in multiple translations.[8]

She is known for her penchant for beginning books with intricate riddles, continues this pattern with her 2014 novel The Claimant , it delves into the complexities of identity, class, and morality against the backdrop of a wealthy Vanderbilt family's fortune.[9]

Honours and awards

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Turner Hospital was awarded an honorary D.Litt. from the University of Queensland, Australia, for "services to Australian Literature".[10] She has won a number of international literary awards,[8] including the Steele Rudd Award for Best Collection of Short Stories, 2012. She was also a finalist (one of five) for Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction and for the Melbourne Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction.

Bibliography

[edit]

Novels

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  • Turner Hospital, Janette (1982). The Ivory Swing. Hodder & Stoughton.
  • The Tiger in the Tiger Pit (1983)
  • Borderline (novel) (1985)
  • Charades (novel) (1988)
  • A Very Proper Death, as Alex Juniper (1990)
  • The Last Magician (1992)
  • Oyster (1996)
  • Due Preparations for the Plague (2003)
  • Orpheus Lost (2007)[11]
  • The Claimant (2016)

Short story collections

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  • Dislocations (1986)
  • Isobars (1990)
  • Collected Stories (1995)
  • North of Nowhere, South of Loss (2003)
  • Forecast : turbulence, Fourth Estate, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7322-9444-1

Selected articles

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  • "Missing : in search of missing links". Fryer Folios. 12 (1). University of Queensland Library: 10–21. December 2019.

References

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  1. ^ a b Selina Samuels. "Janette Turner Hospital".Dictionary of Literary Biography: Australian Writers 1975–2000.Ed. Selina Samuels. Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale, 2006: 153–163
  2. ^ a b "Janette Turner Hospital". Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321
  4. ^ "Austlit — Janette Turner Hospital". Austlit. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". University of South Carolina. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Janette Turner Hospital". Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol.145, Ed. Jeffrey W Hunter. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001: 291–321.
  7. ^ Birnbaum, Robert (11 November 2003). "Janette Turner Hospital - Identity Theory". www.identitytheory.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Janette Turner Hospital". Canadian Who's Who 2005. Ed. Elizabeth Lumley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005: 609.
  9. ^ Nielson, Lucy. "Janette Turner Hospital weaves a riddling spell in The Claimant". Sydney Morning Herald.
  10. ^ University of Queensland alumni site: "Janette Turner Hospital, author - Alumni & Community". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  11. ^ David Callahan. Rainforest Narratives: The Work of Janette Turner Hospital. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2009

Sources

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