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Patsy Adam-Smith Patsy Adam-Smith i(A35192 works by) (a.k.a. Patricia Jean Adam-Smith)
Born: Established: 31 May 1924 Nowingi, Mildura area, North West Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 20 Sep 2001 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

1996 winner Society of Women Writers, New South Wales, Awards The Alice Award
1994 Order of Australia Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) In recognition of service to community history, particularly through the preservation of national traditions and folklore and recording of oral histories
1993 Literature Board Fellowship Category A Fellowship Monetary value $32,000

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Goodbye Girlie Ringwood : Penguin , 1995 Z104232 1995 single work autobiography
1995 winner Benalla Award for Audio Book of the Year
1995 winner National Library of Australia National Audio Book-of-the-Year Award The TDK Australian Audio Book Awards TDK Australian Audio Book Awards Unabridged Non-Fiction Category
1995 winner The TDK Australian Audio Book Awards Unabridged Non-fiction
y separately published work icon The Anzacs West Melbourne : Nelson , 1978 Z1065868 1978 single work non-fiction

'Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so fast there was not time for escape or burial. And when Gallipoli was over there was the misery of the European Campaign. Patsy Adam-Smith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed best-seller about the First World War. Soldiers sought her out to tell her why they went, what they saw, and how they felt about that great holocaust. Their simple accounts are more vivid than any novel; the years have not dimmed their memories of lost comrades and the horrors of war. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men - and they strike to the heart. The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War.' (Publisher's blurb)

1993 winner Order of Australia Association Book Prize
1978 winner The Age Book of the Year Award Non-Fiction Prize

Known archival holdings

State Library of Victoria (VIC)
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