cathy freeman won the australian of the year in 1998.
cathy freeman won the australian of the year in 1998.
who won the australian of the year in 1998?
cathy freeman
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bullet::::- merlinda bobis, a contemporary philippine-australian writer and academic. among her awards are australian classical music award for best vocal/choral work of the year for "daragang magayon cantata", 2007; gawad pambansang alagad ni balagtas (national balagtas award: a lifetime award for author’s poetry and prose in english, pilipino, bikol) from the unyon ng manunulat ng pilipinas (union of philippine writers), 2006; gintong aklat award (golden book award: philippine publishers' award) for "banana heart summer" (novel), 2006; australian literature society gold medal for "banana heart summer", 2006; nomination: best in foreign language in fiction from the manila critics’ circle for "banana heart summer", 2006; judges’ choice award, bumbershoot bookfair, seattle arts festival for "the kissing" (collection of short stories published as "white turtle" in australia and the philippines), 2001; arts queensland steele rudd australian short story award (for the best published collection of australian short stories, joint winner) for "white turtle", 2000; philippine national book award for fiction (joint winner) from the manila critics’ circle for "white turtle", 2000; nsw ministry for the arts writers’ fellowship for novel in progress, "fish-hair woman", 2000; canberra writing fellowship jointly from the australian national university, the university of canberra, and the australian defence force academy, 2000; prix italia (international award) for "rita's lullaby" (radio play), 1998; australian writers' guild award (awgie) for "rita’s lullaby", 1998; pamana philippine presidential award for achievement in the arts (for filipino expatriates), 1998; shortlist: the age poetry book of the year award for "summer was a fast train without terminals" (collection of poems), 1998; winner, out of the ashes trans-tasman short story competition for "white turtle" (short story), 1998; commended: national short story competition, society of women writers for "the sadness collector" (short story), 1998; joint winner, abc radio national's 'books & writing short story competition' for the tongue (also known as the parable of illawarra street), 1997; ian reed foundation prize for radio drama for "rita's lullaby", 1995; carlos palanca memorial award in literature (philippine national award), honourable mention for "ms. serena serenata" (one-act play), 1995; gawad cultural centre of the philippines (national award for poetry in filipino) for "mula dulo hanggang kanto" (‘from end to corner’, collection of poems), 1990; likhaan award for daragang magayon and other poems, university of the philippines writers' workshop, 1990; carlos palanca memorial award in literature, second prize for "lupang di hinirang: kuwento at sikreto" (‘land not dearest: story and secret’, collection of poems in filipino), 1989; and carlos palanca memorial award in literature, joint winner, first prize for "peopleness" (collection of poems in english), 1987.
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