Born: Established: 1957 Warracknabeal, Hopetoun - Warracknabeal - Murtoa area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender:
Male
Expatriate
assertion
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2017 recipient Order of Australia — Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) For distinguished service to the performing arts as a musician, songwriter, author and actor, both nationally and internationally, and as a major contributor to Australian music culture and heritage.
Awards for Works
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y
Faith, Hope and Carnage
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2022
24685228
2022
single work
autobiography
interview
'Drawn from over forty hours of interviews, Faith, Hope and Carnage is a thoughtful book about Nick Cave's inner life over the last six years, a meditation on big ideas including, faith, art, music, grief and much more.
'Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.
'The book examines questions of faith, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly on Cave's life, from his early childhood to the present day, his loves, his work ethic and his dramatic transformation in recent years.
'From a place of considered reflection, Faith, Hope and Carnage offers ladders of hope and inspiration from a true creative visionary.' (Publication summary)
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y
The Death of Bunny Munro
Melbourne
:
Text Publishing
,
2009
Z1552653
2009
single work
novel
Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the scent of adventure to the lonely housewives of England's south coast. Set adrift by his wife's death he hits the road one last time - with his young son in tow. As Bunny swaggers from door-to-door hawking his wares and feeding his libido, nine-year-old Bunny Junior waits in the car seeking the comfort of his mother's ghost and watching his father self-destruct. Haunted by his appetites, jealous husbands and a serial killer in a devil suit, Bunny Munro is a desperate man. And he's going to die. (from Text Publishing website)
- 2011 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- 2010 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
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form
y
The Proposition
( dir. John Hillcoat
)
Australia
United Kingdom (UK)
:
Autonomous
Jackie O Productions
Pictures in Paradise
Surefire Film Productions LLP
,
2005
Z1216692
2005
single work
film/TV
thriller
western
crime
(taught in 8 units)
'Set in the 1880s, [The Proposition] opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns ... and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley... Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur, ... they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.'
Source: Nick Cave's website (http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/)
Sighted: 20/09/2005
- 2006 inaugural winner Gucci Award
- 2005 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Original Screenplay
- 2005 won IF Awards Inside Film Awards — Best Feature Film
- 2005 nominated IF Awards Inside Film Awards — Best Script
- 2005 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Original Screenplay
- 2005 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2005 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
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