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Jane Messer Jane Messer i(A22418 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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In 2005 Jane Messer was appointed to a lectureship at Macquarie University, coordinating the postgraduate Creative Writing Program in the Department of English. She has written fiction, poetry and essays, compiled anthologies of short stories, and is particularly interested in the impact of feminism on Australian representations of the maternal heroine. Messer has been an Executive Member of the Australian Society of Authors, co-organising the ASA's Young Writers Weekend.

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2020 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships — Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups $36,000 
2015 commended Australian Centre Literary Awards — Peter Blazey Fellowship for Grave Relations: A Biography
2012 Australia Council Literature Board Grants — Digital and New Media Writing Grants $15,000 for digital and new media.
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