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Dominique Hecq Dominique Hecq i(A32399 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 Belgium, Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1985
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BiographyHistory

Dominique Hecq has published as a poet, novelist and translator and has written two short plays. She is also a co-author of Female Sexuality: The Early Psychoanalytic Controversies. Hecq grew up in the French-speaking part of Belgium and attended the University of Liege, where she studied Germanic Philology and gained a Master of Arts degree in literary translation. She travelled to Australia in 1985 to read Australian Literature at LaTrobe University, settled in Melbourne and became a lecturer at LaTrobe University. In 1998, she received the Melbourne Fringe Festival Award for Outstanding Writing and Spoken Word Performance for her story 'Out of Bounds'. In 2000, her short story titled 'On How to Make a Midsummer Poem' was awarded first prize in the Woorilla Australian Summer Short Story Competition. On three occasions, Hecq has received the award for most outstanding poetry at the Annual Daffodil Day Arts Awards.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2024 finalist The Joanne Burns Award National category
2023 finalist The Joanne Burns Award
2022 commended Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes Biographical Prose for 'The Wave'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Smacked : Stories of Addiction Strawberry Hills : Spineless Wonders , 2022 23699599 2022 selected work short story

'Smacked and other stories of addiction is an evocative collection of moments showcasing human nature at its weakest and most vulnerable. Hecq’s poetic prose situates the reader firmly into the lives of her characters, taking them along for the ride as she presents each story with an inimitable flair that retains the realities of addiction and dependency. She handles each moment of fixation with a respect and delicacy that are fitting for such weighty themes, while still doing justice to the physical and mental ramifications and side effects of what some might call mere obsession.

'Immerse yourself as each story invites you to slide down the slippery slope of these characters’ most raw and hidden selves.

'Smacked is a moving collection of stories about addiction told with heart-stopping narrative control and emotional resonance.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 runner up The Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award
Unfinished Genesis i "Wave-sounder and I dropped out", 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2019 2018; (p. 49)
2018 shortlisted Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition
On Alien Shores i "The garden is whooping it up", 2009 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blake Prize 2007;
2009 shortlisted Blake Poetry Prize
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