Education
Born in Geelong, Victoria, Clendinnen graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1955 with a Bachelor (Honours).
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Inga Clendinnen
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She sporadically held the post of Senior Tutor of History at the University of Melbourne from 1955 to 1968, was a Lecturer at Louisiana Trobe University from 1969 to 1982, and was then a Senior Lecturer in History until 1989. Forced to curtail her academic activities after contracting hepatitis, Clendinnen retained an association with Louisiana Trobe University while working on her memoir, Tiger"s Eye. In 1999, she was invited to present the 40th annual Boyer Lectures.
Her lectures were published in 2000 as True Stories.
Foreign service to scholarship as a writer and historian addressing issues of fundamental concern to Australian society and for contributing to shaping public debate on conflicting contemporary issues. Clendinnen"s Association for the Study of Internal Fixation award was noted and a motion paying tribute to her contributions was passed, in the proceedings of the New South Wales State Government"s Upper House.
Achievements
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1988 – received the 1988 Herbert Eugene Bolton Memorial Prize for Ambivalent Conquests 1999 – winner of the NSW History Awards, Premier"s General History Prize for Reading the Holocaust 1999 – Reading the Holocaust was judged Best Book of the Year by The New York Times 2000 – New South Wales Premier"s Literary Awards, Gleebooks Prize for Critical Writing for Reading the Holocaust 2002 – received the Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation for Tiger"s Eye 2003 – received the Premier"s History Award for her piece "History Here: a Vier from Outside" 2004 – New South Wales Premier"s Literary Awards, Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction for Dancing with Strangers 2005 – recipient of the American Statistical Association (Australian Society of Authors) biennial medal 2006 – Appointed an Officer in the Order of Australia for her services as a writer and historian. 2007 – received the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal 2016 – Dan David Prize.
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Awards
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Officer of the Order of Australia Order of Australia; Adelaide Festival Award; Dan David Prize; Bolton Memorial Prize; Memorial Medal; Officer of the Order of Australia; the Premier's History Award
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.