# Nicholas Jose > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Jose > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicholas_Jose.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Jose > Source revision: 1349571324 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian novelist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} '''Robert Nicholas Jose''' (born 9 November 1952), known as Nicholas, is an Australian [novelist](/source/novelist). ==Early life and education == Robert Nicholas Jose, known as Nicholas, was born on 9 November 1952 in [London](/source/London), England, to Australian parents. After the family moved to Australia, he grew up in [Broken Hill](/source/Broken_Hill), [Traralgon](/source/Traralgon), [Perth](/source/Perth), and [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide).{{cite web | title =MS 8714 Papers of Nicholas Jose (1952- ) | format =catalogue entry |publisher = [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia)| url = https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-294489417/findingaid | accessdate = 27 February 2024}} He was educated at the [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University) (ANU), before being awarded a [Rhodes Scholarship](/source/Rhodes_Scholarship) to [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) in 1974. == Career == Jose has travelled extensively, particularly in China, where he worked from 1986 to 1990. He has lived and worked in [Canberra](/source/Canberra) and other parts of Australia as well as in England, Italy, and China. He was an English lecturer at ANU, and was a cultural counsellor for the Australian Embassy in Beijing from 1987 to 1990. He was Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) from 2009 to 2010, and in 2012 was Professor of English and Creative Writing both at the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide) and [Bath Spa University](/source/Bath_Spa_University), England.{{cite web |title=Weldon and Hensher head to Bath Spa |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/weldon-and-hensher-head-bath-spa.html |work=The Bookseller |accessdate=9 November 2012 |archive-date=6 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506210245/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/weldon-and-hensher-head-bath-spa.html |url-status=dead }} In early 2017 Jose became involved in a research project, ''Other Worlds: Forms of "World Literature"'',[http://www.formsofworldliterature.com 'Other Worlds: Forms of "World Literature'"] for which he is leading a theme on "Antipodean China", exploring the relationship between [Chinese literature](/source/Chinese_literature) and world literature. [http://www.formsofworldliterature.com/antipodean-china/ Other Worlds] === Writing === Jose has written widely on contemporary art and literature from Asia and the Pacific. He has also written [short stories](/source/short_stories), novels, and a book on [English literature](/source/English_literature), based on as his doctoral thesis. He wrote ''Paper Nautilus'' and ''Avenue of Eternal Peace'' while living in Italy and China. He won a Literature Board Fellowship in 1989 and 1997. ==Other activities == Jose was president of [Sydney](/source/Sydney) [PEN](/source/International_PEN) from 2002 to 2005. In 2016 Jose presented "Gifts from China" for the [Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture](/source/Eric_Charles_Rolls).{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=20 March 2016|title=Jose Nicholas: Gifts from China|url=https://www.nla.gov.au/audio/nicholas-jose|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-08|website=National Library of Australia|language=en}} ==Awards and nominations== * 1973 University Medal for English, Australian National University * 1990 shortlisted for the [Miles Franklin Award](/source/Miles_Franklin_Award) - ''Avenue of Eternal Peace'' * 1997 shortlisted for the [Commonwealth Writers' Prize](/source/Commonwealth_Writers'_Prize), South-East Asia - ''The Custodians'' * 2003 shortlisted for ''The Age'' Book of the Year, Non-fiction - ''Black Sheep'' ==Bibliography== ===Novels=== * ''Rowena's Field'' (1984) * ''Paper Nautilus'' (1987) * ''Avenue of Eternal Peace'' (1989) * ''The Rose Crossing'' (1994) * ''The Custodians'' (1997) * ''The Red Thread'' (2000) * ''Original Face'' (2005) * ''The Idealist'' (2023) ===Short story collections=== * ''The Possession of Amber'' (1980) * ''Feathers or Lead'' (1986) * ''Bapo'' (2014) ===Non-fiction=== * ''Chinese Whispers'' (1995) * ''Black Sheep: Journey to Borroloola'' (2002) ===As editor=== * ''Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature'' (2009) * ''The Literature of Australia'' (2009) ===As writer=== * ''[Children of the Dragon](/source/Children_of_the_Dragon)'' (novel) (1 episode, 1992)[https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/children-of-the-dragon-1991/1023/ ''Children of the Dragon'' (1991) - Crew]. [Screen Australia](/source/Screen_Australia) == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.nicholasjose.com.au Official site] * [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/bwriting/stories/s1484149.htm Interview] [Radio National](/source/Radio_National) * [http://www.macquariepenanthology.com.au Macquarie PEN Anthology] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jose, Nicholas}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Australian novelists Category:21st-century Australian novelists Category:Academics of Bath Spa University Category:Australian male novelists Category:Australian non-fiction writers Category:Australian male short story writers Category:English emigrants to Australia Category:Writers from Adelaide Category:Novelists from London Category:20th-century Australian short story writers Category:21st-century Australian short story writers Category:20th-century Australian male writers Category:21st-century Australian male writers Category:Australian male non-fiction writers {{Australia-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicholas Jose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Jose) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Jose?action=history)). 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