{"id":18850,"date":"2017-09-08T04:43:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/josephine-wilson-claims-australias-prestigious-literary-prize\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T04:43:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T20:43:55","slug":"josephine-wilson-claims-australias-prestigious-literary-prize","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/josephine-wilson-claims-australias-prestigious-literary-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Josephine Wilson claims Australia\u2019s most prestigious literary prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University has congratulated Dr Josephine Wilson, from the Faculty of Humanities, on winning the esteemed 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel <em>Extinctions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wilson, a Perth-based writer and sessional academic at Curtin University, was acknowledged with Australia\u2019s most prestigious literary prize in Sydney last night.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wilson became the sixth West Australian to receive the award, joining fellow Curtin University staff and alumni Emeritus Professor Elizabeth Jolley, Professor Kim Scott (two-time winner) and Tim Winton (four-time winner) as winners of the Miles Franklin Literary Award.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin University Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor John Cordery congratulated Dr Wilson on her outstanding achievement, which recognises the novel of \u201cthe highest literary merit\u201d that presents \u201cAustralian life in any of its phases\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all staff and students at Curtin University, we extend a sincere congratulations to Josephine Wilson for receiving this tremendous honour and being named the winner of the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award,\u201d Professor Cordery said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Wilson is a valued member of WA\u2019s writing community, a true champion of the literary craft and her work will continue to inspire the next generation of creative writers and thinkers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Wilson said she honestly felt that being nominated, longlisted and then shortlisted was reward enough, let alone being named the winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I found out I won, I was absolutely speechless and completely overwhelmed, I feel genuinely honoured to have been given such an extraordinary opportunity \u2013 it has made finishing off marking my students\u2019 assessments very challenging,\u201d Dr Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWriting can be quite a solitary affair, but the beauty of the Miles Franklin is that it brings together writers, regardless of where they come from, and creates such a great sense of community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole journey of the Miles Franklin Literary\u00a0Award nourishes a field of writers and that is what is important \u2013 that critical mass of writers, not just one winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Miles Franklin Literary Award, celebrating its 60th anniversary, was established through the will of <em>My Brilliant 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