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Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet. He was born in London to an English father and an Icelandic mother,[1] and his family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore before arriving in Australia in 1966.[2] He completed a BA at the Australian National University and a Diploma of Education at the then Canberra College of Advanced Education.[3] Having worked as a nuclear physics technician and agricultural labourer, he began writing full-time in 1973, occasionally teaching and writing journalism. Gould's first book of poems, Icelandic Solitaries, was published in 1978. Numerous volumes of poetry and fiction have followed, with his best known novel being To the Burning City (1991), about the relationship between two brothers, set in World War II. His work has been awarded the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry (1981), the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Best Book of the Year Award (1985), the National Book Council Banjo Award for Fiction (1992), the Royal Blind Society Audio Book of the Year Award (1999), the Philip Hodgins Memorial Award for contribution to Australian Literature (1999), and the Grace Leven Award For Poetry (2006 for The Past Completes Me - Selected Poems 1973-2003).[2] His novel, The Schoonermaster's Dance, was joint winner of the ACT Book of the Year.[4] Later books include a novel, The Lakewoman, from Australian Scholarly Publishing, and a collection of poems, Folk Tunes, from Salt Publishing, both in 2009. The Lakewoman was shortlisted for the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. The Seaglass Spiral was published in 2012 by Finlay Lloyd, and in 2013 appeared a collection of poems and a comic opera libretto, Capital from Puncher & Wattmann, and a collection of essays, Joinery And Scrollwork: A Writer's Workbench from Quadrant Books. In 2015 he published a picaresque novel, The Poet's Stairwell, Black Pepper publishing. Bibliography{{Expand list|date=August 2016}}Poetry
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References1. ^ 2. ^1 {{cite web | last = Gould | first = Alan | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Biography | publisher = Alan Gould - Author (Personal website) | date = | url = http://www.alangouldwriter.com/bigraphy.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-21 }} 3. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Alan Gould: Biography | publisher = Australian Literature Resources | year = 2004 | url = http://www.alangouldwriter.com/bigraphy.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-21 }} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/Events/literaryawards/book_of_the_year/book_of_the_year_2001|title=ACT Book of the Year - 2001 Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=ACT Book of the Year|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 5. ^Short stories unless otherwise noted. External links
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