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Meredith McKinney Meredith McKinney i(A5421 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 South East Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Meredith McKinney, the daughter of Judith Wright and Jack McKinney, spent her early years at Tamborine, Queensland. She later lived in Kyoto for eighteen years where she taught English language and literature at Kobe University of Foreign Studies.

McKinney has translated short stories and poems from Japanese to English, including her mother's collection, The Flame Tree ([1993?]), and Natsume Soseki's Kokoro (2011).

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Personal Awards

2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The NSW Premier's Prize for Translation for 'Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese travel writing from the Manyoshu to Basho'.
2015 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards The NSW Premier's Prize for Translation
2005 recipient Asialink Arts Exchanges Program for residency in Japan
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