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Anne-Marie Smith Anne-Marie Smith i(A119292 works by) (birth name: Anne-Marie Bordier)
Born: Established: 1944 Libourne,
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France,
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: Aug 1986
Heritage: French
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1 A Sense of Direction Anne-Marie Smith , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: Life in the Time of Corona : An Anthology of Short Stories Written in Lockdown 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Pardon My French Anne-Marie Smith , Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2018 13456290 2018 single work autobiography

'This book gives insights into language and culture. It is the story of a French woman with a love of language and people. Falling in love with an Englishman, she turns her back on France only to discover after many adventures in Africa, Papua New Guinea and finally in outback Australia that she cannot escape her southern French culture. Hearing that her father is dying triggers a change of direction in her life. She reassesses her identity to find she has tried too hard to be ‘Australian’, and yet she feels she has common ground with the extended families of migrant and Indigenous communities. In Adelaide now, with global family and friends, she follows an Aussie lifestyle of her own.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Untitled Anne-Marie Smith , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 2 no. 1 2009;
— Review of Fatherhood : Poems Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen , Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen (translator), Aabdulwahed Muhammed (translator), 2009 selected work poetry
1 The Man with the Stick Anne-Marie Smith , 2008 single work short story
— Appears in: Culture Is ... : Australian Stories Across Cultures, An Anthology 2008; (p. 199-201)
1 6 y separately published work icon Culture Is ... : Australian Stories Across Cultures, An Anthology Anne-Marie Smith (editor), Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2008 Z1541103 2008 anthology short story poetry prose autobiography drama 'An initiative of the Multicultural Writers Association of Australia, Culture Is ... is a collection of vivid storytelling by established and emerging writers from around Australia, with a notable proportion of work from Indigenous Australians, South Australian, non-metropolitan writers, and women. Emerging writers are represented in the 45 selected pieces, which cover a range of authors from different linguistic origins. The 22 prose works, juxtaposed with 23 poems, have subtle contrasts and parallels. [...] Significantly, several poems are bilingual and have been either translated from English into the author's mother tongue or were written in a language other than English, then translated. These include poems in Chinese, Italian, Slovene and Spanish.' -- Publisher's media release.
1 Spacey Australie Anne-Marie Smith , 2000 single work short story
— Appears in: You & I : Our Stories 2000;
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