Tim Winton
Tim Winton has published twenty-one books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-five languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.
Awards
3M Talking Book Award-NSW
Short-listed in 1992 for Cloudstreet (Talking Book)
APA Book Design Awards
Short-listed in 2010 for Blueback (Best Design Children's Fict)
Australian Book Industry Awards
Short-listed in 2009 for Breath (Literary Fiction)
Short-listed in 2009 for Breath (Book of the Year)
Banjo Award for Australian Literature
Winner in 1991 for Cloudstreet (Fiction)
Colin Roderick Award
Short-listed in 1991 for Cloudstreet (Best Book)
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Regional)
Short-listed in 2009 for Breath (Best Book)
Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA)
Short-listed in 1995 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1995 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1993 for Jesse (-)
KROC Award
Short-listed in 1993 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1993 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
NSW Premier's Literary Awards
Short-listed in 2009 for Breath (Christina Stead Award)
Qld Premier's Literary Award
Short-listed in 2008 for Breath (Fiction)
Randwick Award for Literature
Short-listed in 2010 for Breath (-)
The Age Book of the Year
Winner in 2008 for Breath (Fiction)
The Miles Franklin Literary Award
Winner in 2009 for Breath (Literary Fiction)
Winner in 1992 for Cloudstreet (-)
Winner in 1984 for Shallows (-)
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Short-listed in 2009 for Breath (Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction)
W.A. Premier's Book Award
Short-listed in 2008 for Breath (Fiction)
Joint winner in 1992 for Cloudstreet (Fiction)
Joint winner in 1991 for Cloudstreet (Fiction)
Joint winner in 1991 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (Children's Book)
Joint winner in 1991 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (Children's Book)
Winner in 1990 for Jesse (Children's Book)
Winner in 1988 for Minimum of Two and Other Stories (Fiction)
Joint winner in 1985 for Shallows (Fiction)
Joint winner in 1985 for Scission & Other Stories (Fiction)
W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA)
Second in 1992 for Bugalugs Bum Thief (-)
Special Mention in 1991 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Special Mention in 1991 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Young Aust Best Book Award (YABBA)
Short-listed in 1997 for Bugalugs Bum Thief (-)
Winner in 1997 for Bugalugs Bum Thief (-)
Short-listed in 1996 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Winner in 1996 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1996 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Winner in 1996 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1994 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1994 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1992 for Bugalugs Bum Thief (-)
Short-listed in 1992 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
Short-listed in 1992 for Lockie Leonard Human Torpedo (-)
