Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
On the Web
- Access online Sighted: 02/07/2019
Personal Awards
- 2019 runner up Kill Your Darlings Awards — KYD New Critic Award
- 2019 shortlisted Write It! Fellowship for unpublished manuscript 'As Beautiful for Any Other'.
Awards for Works
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As Beautiful As Any Other : A Memoir of My Body
Sydney
:
Picador
,
2021
21273776
2021
single work
autobiography
'When Kaya Wilson came out to his parents as transgender, a year after a near-death surfing accident and just weeks before his father's death, he was met with a startling family history of concealed queerness and shame.
'This is a trans story.
'As Beautiful As Any Other weaves this legacy together with intimate examinations of the forces that have shaped Wilson's life, and his body: vulnerability and power, grief and trauma, science and narrative.
'This is also my story.
'In this powerful and lyrical memoir, Wilson makes a case for the strength we find when we confront the complexities of our identity with compassion. As Beautiful As Any Other is a trailblazing debut of remarkable beauty, insight and candour.'
Source : publisher's blurb
- 2022 finalist Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award
- 2021 shortlisted ACT Notable Awards — Nonfiction — Big Press
- 2019 longlisted Kill Your Darlings Awards — The KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award
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