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Ian Kennedy Williams Ian Kennedy Williams i(A35792 works by) (a.k.a. Ian Kennedy Williams; Ian Kennedy-Williams)
Born: Established: 1949 Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1970
Heritage: English
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BiographyHistory

After emigrating to Australia, Ian Kennedy Williams worked in a variety of jobs, as pier hand, retail salesman, stores clerk and machinist. He has been writing poetry and short stories since the 1970s and writing full-time since 1983. He left Melbourne in 1979 and moved to the north coast of New South Wales.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2006 honourable mention Monash Playwrights Competition for Burn

Awards for Works

form Beached 1992 single work drama radio play
1992 shortlisted Ian Reed Foundation Prize for Radio Drama
The Swallows Returning 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 311-322) The State of the Art : The Mood of Contemporary Australia in Short Stories 1983; (p. 229-241)
1982 winner H.M. Butterley - F. Earle Hooper Memorial Award
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