Melissa Lucashenko, the author of 'Edenglassie,' has continued her streak of literary prize wins by capturing the $40,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib prize. A socialist, Lucashenko often donates a portion of her prize money to those in dire need, typically within her family, but sometimes to others.
Edenglassie author Melissa Lucashenko : ‘Part of all my prize money over the years has gone to people in desperate need, usually in my family, but not always.’ Edenglassie author Melissa Lucashenko : ‘Part of all my prize money over the years has gone to people in desperate need, usually in my family, but not always.
“Its prose sparks with electricity and the characters linger long in the reader’s mind,” the judges said. “It is a book that expands understanding. It takes readers on a journey involving the heart, the mind and the eye.”Edenglassie begins in the 19th century when Aboriginal people still outnumbered the colonisers, and stretches forward in time, connecting the horrors of invasion to its ongoing effects on contemporary Aboriginal lives.
“He was very strong on that. And I’ll give him full props for doing that. But at the same time, not many white writers have got an extremely impoverished community around them and reliant on them. There wouldn’t be a week go by when your average Aboriginal writer doesn’t need to put their hand in their pocket,” she said.
“There was a Bundjalung elder who’s passed now, and she said, if everyone just looked after their family and did a little bit more, our people would be right. And I took that on board 25 years ago, and I think that’s a good approach. If you look after your family and then just do a bit more.
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