Question: What was the occupation of both Christina Stead and Nuruddin Farah?

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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards: The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, also known as the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, were first awarded in 1979.  They are among the richest literary awards in Australia.  Notable prizes include the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.

Nuruddin Farah: Nuruddin Farah (Somali: "Nuuradiin Faarax" , Arabic: نورالدين فارح‎ ‎ ) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist.  He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays.  Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.

That Deadman Dance: That Deadman Dance is the third novel by Western Australian author Kim Scott.  It was first published in 2010 by Picador (Australia) and by Bloomsbury in the UK, US and Canada in 2012.  It won the 2011 Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the 2011 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the 2011 ALS Gold Medal, the 2011 Kate Challis RAKA Award, the 2011 Victorian Prize for Literature, the 2011 Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and the 2012 NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize and Book of the Year.

From a Crooked Rib: From a Crooked Rib is the first published novel by Somalian novelist Nuruddin Farah.

The Man Who Loved Children: The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead.  It was not until a reissue edition in 1965, with an introduction by poet Randall Jarrell, that it found widespread critical acclaim and popularity.  "Time" magazine included the novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005".  The novel has been championed by novelists Robert Stone, Jonathan Franzen and Angela Carter.  Carter believed Stead's other novels "Cotters England"; "A Little Tea, A Little Chat"; and "For Love Alone" to be as good, if not better than "The Man Who Loved Children".

Hiding in Plain Sight: Hiding in Plain Sight is a 2014 novel by Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah.  The novel follows the experience of Bella in the wake of a terrorist attack that kills her brother, Aar, a Kenyan UN worker in Mogadishu.  After the death, Bella returns to Nairobi to help care for her brother's family.  The ensuing conflict between Bella and her brother's widow becomes a central element of the novel.  "Hiding in Plain Sight" is Farah's twelfth novel.

Christina Stead: Christina Stead (17 July 190231 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer acclaimed for her satirical wit and penetrating psychological characterisations.  Christina Stead was a committed Marxist, although she was never a member of the Communist Party.  She spent much of her life outside Australia.

Letty Fox: Her Luck: Letty Fox: Her Luck is Australian-born author Christina Stead’s sixth novel.  It is a tribute to the drama of the urban environment and its role in socializing its occupants.  Published in 1946, Stead wrote the lengthy "Letty Fox" after living in New York City for seven years.  The cosmopolitan setting serves well as the theater in which Stead develops her characters through their adventures with numerous careers, love affairs, familial obligations, and sensitivities to reputation.  To this end, "Letty Fox" has been described as “a modern picaresque novel and psychological novel at the same time.”

Serif (publisher): The company's list covers the subjects of history, politics, travel, culture and fiction, with book jackets — described as "works of art in themselves" — designed by Pentagram Berlin.  Alongside original titles, reissues feature prominently in Serif's output, including Evelyn Waugh's 1932 account of his travels in Guiana and Brazil, "92 Days" (with an afterword by Pauline Melville), George Dangerfield's "The Strange Death of Liberal England", Norman Cohn's "Warrant for Genocide", Jorge Semprún's "The Cattle Truck", works by J. M. Synge, as well as significant cookery books such as "The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook" and the Glenfiddich Award-winning titles by Édouard de Pomiane, "Cooking in Ten Minutes" and "Cooking with Pomiane".  Among other authors published by Serif are Steve Aylett, Chitrita Banerji, Frances Bissell, Gerald Brenan, E. H. Carr, Nuruddin Farah, Chenjerai Hove, Federico García Lorca and George Rudé.  Primarily a publisher of printed books, Serif began producing e-books in 2012.

I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist: I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist is a novel by Christina Stead (1902 - 1983).  It was published posthumously by Virago Press in 1986, edited and with a preface by Ron Geering.

Supporting paragraphs: Christina Stead Nuruddin Farah
Answer: novelist