Elizabeth Jolley award received Officer of the Order of Australia
Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there. She was 53 when her first book was published, and she went on to publish fifteen novels (including an autobiographical trilogy), four short story collections and three non-fiction books, publishing well into her 70s and achieving significant critical acclaim. She was also a pioneer of creative writing teaching in Australia, counting many well-known writers such as Tim Winton among her students at Curtin University.Her novels explore "alienated characters and the nature of loneliness and entrapment."Awards and nominations
1983: The Age Book of the Year Award for Mr Scobie's Riddle
1983: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards for Mr Scobie's Riddle'
1985: New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for Milk and Honey
1986: Miles Franklin Award for The Well
1987: Western Australia Citizen of the Year
1988: Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to literature
1988: Western Australian Institute of Technology Honorary Doctorate
1989: The Age Book of the Year Award, joint winner for My Father's Moon
1989: Canada/Australia Literary Award
1993: The Age Book of the Year Award, joint winner for The George's Wife
1993: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's prize for Central Mischief
1994: National Book Council Award, Banjo for The George's Wife
1995: Macquarie University Honorary Doctorate
1997: Australian Living Treasure
1997: University of Queensland Honorary Doctorate
1998: Miles Franklin Award shortlist for Lovesong
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