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Death and the comedian
Author(s) -
Goldsworthy Peter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb139368.x
Subject(s) - poetry , commonwealth , novella , quarter (canadian coin) , history , literature , art , art history , classics , archaeology
Peter Goldsworthy was born in Minlaton, South Australia, and grew up in various country towns, finishing his schooling in Darwin. Since graduating in medicine from the University of Adelaide, he has divided his time equally between medicine and writing. He is a part‐time general practitioner whose novels have sold more than a quarter of a million copies in Australia alone, and have been translated into many European and Asian languages. He has also published collections of short stories and poetry. Among his numerous literary awards are the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, and the Australian Bicentennial Literary Prize in 1988. His most recent books are the collection of essays. Navel gazing (where this essay. Death and the comedian . first appeared), and the novella Jesus wants me for a sunbeam . His New selected poems will be appearing next year simultaneously in Australia, the UK and the USA. A book‐length study of his work, The ironic eye , by Andrew Riemer. was published in 1994.