Kim Scott
Kim Scott is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry, a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. He has written five novels and a children's book, and has had poetry and short stories published in a range of anthologies. His work often explores themes of identity, history, and the complexities of Aboriginal life in Australia. Scott was the first Indigenous writer to win the Miles Franklin Award for his novel 'Benang: From the Heart'. He is also a Professor of Writing at Curtin University.
Awards
["Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction Award for Benang: From the Heart (1999)", 'Miles Franklin Literary Award for Benang: From the Heart (2000)', 'Kate Challis RAKA Award for Creative Prose for Benang: From the Heart (2001)', "Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book south-east Asia and the Pacific, for That Deadman Dance (2011)", 'Miles Franklin Literary Award for That Deadman Dance (2011)', 'ALS Gold Medal for That Deadman Dance (2011)', "Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction Award and Premier's Prize for That Deadman Dance (2011)", 'Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2012)', 'Queensland Literary Awards, University of Queensland Fiction Book Award for Taboo (2018)', "Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing, for Taboo (2019)", 'Inducted into Western Australian Writers Hall of Fame (2020)', 'State Cultural Treasures Awards (2022)']
Notable Works
['True Country (1993)', 'Benang: From the Heart (1999)', 'Kayang & Me (2005)', 'That Deadman Dance (2010)', 'Taboo (2017)']
