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British author
Julia Blackburn, photo by her partner, the sculptor
Herman Makkink (2013)
Julia Blackburn (born 1948) is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet
Thomas Blackburn and artist
Rosalie de Meric .
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Julia Blackburn's bohemian and troubled upbringing is the subject of her memoir The Three of Us (2008).
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Awards and honours
1996
Orange Prize , shortlist,
The Book of Colour
1999
Orange Prize , shortlist,
The Leper's Companions
1999
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions
2009 J.R. Ackerley Award, winner, The Three of Us
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2011
Costa Book Awards (Biography), shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village
2012
Dolman Best Travel Book Award , shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village
2019
Wainwright Prize , shortlist, Time Song: Searching for Doggerland
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Bibliography
Novels
Non-fiction
The White Men: The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man (1979)
Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller (1991)
Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines (1994)
The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St.Helena (2000)
Old Man Goya (2002)
With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable
Lady Day (2005), Vintage,
ISBN
0-375-40610-7
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[6] – includes material from interviews conducted by
Linda Lipnack Kuehl
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My Animals and Other Family (2007)
The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008)
Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011)
Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske (2015)
Time Song: Searching for Doggerland (2019); in the US: Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land (2019)
References
External links
International National Academics Other