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Alan Gould: Biography
Alan Gould was born in London in 1949. His father was a brigadier in the British Army and Gould lived in Armed Forces camps in England, Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before coming to Australia in 1966. He has worked in short term positions including nuclear physics technician and agricultural labourer. Since 1975 he has written novels, poetry and essays almost full time, supplementing his income with relief teaching and literary journalism. Gould’s books have won several awards. His second volume of poems, Astral Sea (1981), won the New South Wales Premier’s Award for Poetry in 1981. His first novel, The man who stayed below (1984), won the Foundation For Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award in 1985, his third novel, To the burning city (1991), won the National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction in 1992 and in 1999 The Tazyrik Year (1998) won the Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award. Volumes of poetry include Icelandic solitaries (1978), The pausing of the hours (1984), The twofold place (1986), Years found in likeness (1988), Formerlight (1992), Momentum (1992), and Mermaid (1996). Works of fiction include The enduring disguises (1988), Close ups (1994), and The Tazyrik year (1998). Published essays include Three streets in search of an author (1993) and The totem ship (1996).
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