y Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2006 2006
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Lucy, Daisy, Alex, and Malcolm, with WU's love and gratitude.
  • Included in the New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books List for 2006.

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

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Works about this Work

'My Father's Knife' : Autobiography as Hermeneutic Phenomenology Tim Bowers , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 7 no. 3 2010;
Me, Myself and I Am Stephen Matchett , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 March 2007; Stephen Matchett discusses 'a new subset of the memoir, the bio-op. In bio-ops an author writes their past as they want us to know it but also set [sic] out their ideas and opinions on anything that interests them'. Matchett cites the writings of Robert Hughes and Gabrielle Carey to illustrate his argument. He concludes: 'These books are not big-noting of the old-fahsioned kind. They describe defeats as well as victories. But it takes an ego measured in metres for an author to assume their opinions on anything and everything are worth recording.'
Hot Air Nicholas Penny , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 7 June vol. 29 no. 11 2007;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
Robert Hughes Remembers Clive James , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: New York Review of Books , 11 January 2007; The Revolt of the Pendulum 2009;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
Swings and Arrows of Hughes's Life Michael Bodey , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 August 2006;
Robert Hughes Remembers Clive James , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: New York Review of Books , 11 January 2007; The Revolt of the Pendulum 2009;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
Hot Air Nicholas Penny , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: London Review of Books , 7 June vol. 29 no. 11 2007;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
A Self in Revolt Patrick McCaughey , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 27 October no. 5404 2006;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
Hughes : The Guilty Elitist Hal Colebatch , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 December 2006;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
Some Things We Don't Yet Know Craig Sherborne , 2006-2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , December-January no. 19 2006-2007;
— Review of Things I Didn't Know : A Memoir Robert Hughes 2006 single work autobiography ;
'My Father's Knife' : Autobiography as Hermeneutic Phenomenology Tim Bowers , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , December vol. 7 no. 3 2010;
Me, Myself and I Am Stephen Matchett , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 March 2007; Stephen Matchett discusses 'a new subset of the memoir, the bio-op. In bio-ops an author writes their past as they want us to know it but also set [sic] out their ideas and opinions on anything that interests them'. Matchett cites the writings of Robert Hughes and Gabrielle Carey to illustrate his argument. He concludes: 'These books are not big-noting of the old-fahsioned kind. They describe defeats as well as victories. But it takes an ego measured in metres for an author to assume their opinions on anything and everything are worth recording.'
Thoughts in Order Samela Harris , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 November 2006;
After Seven Years of Hate and Pain Jenna Price , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 November 2006;
Time's Arrow Peter Craven , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 18 2006;
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Awards

2007 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction
2007 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Non-Fiction Book
2006 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award
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Subjects:
  • Robert Hughes
  • Australian expatriates
  • Families
  • Art criticism