Wright, Judith Arundell (1915–2000)
Judith Wright, 1960s
Courtesy of Meredith McKinney
Biographical Entries
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- McKinney, Jack Philip (husband)
- Wright, Phillip Arundell (father)
- Wright, Peter Arundell (brother)
- Wyndham, George (grandfather)
- Coombs, Herbert Cole (lover)
- Devanny, Jane (friend)
- Hope, Alec Derwent (friend)
- Blight, Frederick John (friend)
- Green, Dorothy (friend)
- McArthur, Kathleen Rennie (friend)
- Herbst, Peter (friend)
- Noonuccal, Oodgeroo (friend)
- Ratcliffe, Francis Noble (colleague)
- Dunphy, Myles Joseph (acquaintance)
- Diesendorf, Margaret (acquaintance)
- Stewart, Douglas Alexander (acquaintance)
- Cato, Nancy Fotheringham (acquaintance)
- McAuley, James Phillip (acquaintance)
- McFadyen, Ella May (mentor)
- Wedgwood, Camilla Hildegarde (teacher)
- Fleay, David Howells (collaborator)
- Sutherland, Margaret Ada (related entry)
- Rowland, John Russell (related entry)
Judith Wright, 1960s
Courtesy of Meredith McKinney
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Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Wright McKinney, Judith Arundell
Birth
31 May,
1915
Thalgarrah,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
25 June,
2000
(aged 85)
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
Cause of Death
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.
Education
- Blackfriars Correspondence School (Sydney)
- New England Girls' School (Armidale, NSW)
- University of Sydney
- Women's College (University of Sydney)
Occupation or Descriptor
- autobiographer/memoirist
- biographer
- children's author
- conservationist
- essayist
- human rights activist
- Indigenous rights activist/supporter
- literary critic
- novelist
- poet
- public intellectual
- statistician
Awards
- Commonwealth Literary Fund
- Grace Leven prize
- Encyclopedia Britannica Prize for literature
- Robert Frost medallion
- Senior Anzac fellowship
- Australia Council (Literature Board)
- Alice award
- Ridder (Knight) in the Dutch Order of the Golden Ark
- Asan World prize
- Queen’s Gold medal for poetry
- Human Rights Award (Australian Human Rights Commission)
- A. A. Phillips Award (Association for the Study of Australian Literature)
Legacies
- Wright (federal electorate)
- Wright (suburb, ACT)
- Judith Wright Arts Centre
- Judith Wright Calanthe award
- Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets
Key Organisations
- Meanjin
- Southerly (journal)
- Sydney Mail newspaper
- Hermes magazine (University of Sydney)
- Honi Soit (University of Sydney)
- Bulletin (magazine)
- Jacaranda Press
- Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland
- Australian Society of Authors (national)
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Australian Council for the Arts
- Committee of Inquiry into the National Estate
- Australian National University
- Aboriginal Treaty Committee