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Anita Heiss
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Author
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Dr Anita Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales and is one of Australia 's most prolific and well-known Indigenous authors.
Her historical novel Who Am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937, was shortlisted for the 2002 NSW Premier's History Prize for young fiction. The novel has also been translated into Spanish and is due for release in French in 2008.
Anita has performed her works nationally (Sydney Writers' Festival, Perth International Arts Festival, Adelaide Writers' Week, Byron Bay Writers' Festival, Message Sticks, Brisbane Writers Festival, Melbourne Poetry Festival, Brisbane Poetry Festival, among others) and internationally in Spain, Austria, the USA, Canada, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand and New Caledonia. She has also been published widely in journals, anthologies and on-line.
Anita was Communications Adviser for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (2001–2003), was a member of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) Committee of Management (1998–2004) and was Deputy Director of Warawara Department of Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University (2005–2006).
In 2003 Anita was awarded the ASA Medal for Under 35s in recognition of her literary achievements and for her contribution to Australian community and public life. In 2004 Anita was awarded the NSW Indigenous Arts Fellowship and was listed in The Bulletin magazine's ‘Smart 100'. She was also nominated for a 2004 Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature.
In 2004, she wrote and directed her first short film Checkerboard Love as part of the Lester Bostock mentorship program through Metro Screen, Sydney. She was also writer in residence at Macquarie University.
Anita has made guest appearances on The Einstein Factor, Message Stick, Vulture, Critical Mass, A Difference of Opinion, The Catch Up, and 9am with David and Kim.
Anita is currently the Coordinator of the AustLit – Black Words subset. She is the Chair of Gadigal Information Services / Koori Radio in Sydney, and Deputy Chair of the Committee of Management for the Australian Society of Authors.
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(The above photograph by Pedro de Almeida)
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Awards:
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- NSW Premier's Literary Awards: Short-listed Young People's History Prize for My Story, Who Am I, Diary of Mary Talence (2002)
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Books by Anita Heiss published by Scholastic include:
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- My Story, Who Am I, Diary of Mary Talence (2001)
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Click here to visit the Website of Anita Heiss.
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