{"id":4817,"date":"2011-12-01T08:12:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T00:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/kim-scott-appointed-curtin-writing-professor\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:06:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:06:48","slug":"kim-scott-appointed-curtin-writing-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/kim-scott-appointed-curtin-writing-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Scott appointed Curtin writing professor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University\u2019s dual Miles Franklin Award winner Kim Scott has been appointed Professor of Writing in the <a href=\"http:\/\/humanities.curtin.edu.au\/schools\/MCCA\/\">School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Scott will this week commence a five-year appointment in the School, working also in Curtin\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/karda.curtin.edu.au\">Centre for Aboriginal Studies<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/healthsciences.curtin.edu.au\/research\/chiri.cfm\">Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KimScott0252.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11251\" title=\"KimScott025[2]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/13\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/KimScott0252-272x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>Professor Scott has authored three novels and received many literary prizes, including the Premier\u2019s Prize in the Western Australian Premier\u2019s Book Awards, the Commonwealth Writers\u2019 Prize and the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal.<\/p>\n<p>He became the first Indigenous writer to win the coveted Miles Franklin Literary Award with his first novel\u00a0<em>Benang: From the Heart<\/em> in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>His most recent novel, the 2011 Miles Franklin winner and critically acclaimed\u00a0<em>That Deadman Dance<\/em>, was recently presented to US President Barrack Obama as part of a gift package from the Australian Government.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin University Pro Vice-Chancellor for Humanities Majella Franzmann said Professor Scott\u2019s appointment would deliver many benefits for current and future students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim is highly respected around the world for his ability,\u201d Professor Franzmann said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI warmly welcome him to this new position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Scott has a long association with Curtin University and, before this appointment, held the position of Associate Professor for CHIRI, working in the area of Indigenous health services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dual Miles Franklin winning author commences five-year 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