People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names

• James, Vivian Leopold

Birth

7 October, 1939
Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

24 November, 2019 (aged 80)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Atheist

Education

• Kogarah Public School (Sydney)
• Sydney Technical High School
• University of Sydney
• Cambridge University (UK)

Occupation

• autobiographer/memoirist
• columnist
• essayist
• literary critic
• novelist
• poet
• songwriter
• television presenter

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia
• Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal (Mildura Writers Festival, Vic)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• NSW Premier's Literary Award (special award)
• Officer of the Order of Australia

Groups

• Sydney Push

Key Organisations

• Australian Academy of the Humanities
• Royal Society of Literature (UK)

Workplaces

• Honi Soit (University of Sydney)
• Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper)