Tim Winton

Novelist

Tim Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia on August 4th, 1960 and is the Novelist. At the age of 63, Tim Winton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
August 4, 1960
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Age
63 years old
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Profession
Children's Writer, Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
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Tim Winton Life

Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories.

In 1997 he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times.

Personal life

Winton has lived in Italy, France, Ireland and Greece, but currently lives in Western Australia. He met his wife Denise when they were children at school. When he was 18 and recovering from a car accident, they reconnected as she was a student nurse. They married when Winton was 21 and she was 20, and had three children together. They live on the coast north of Perth.

Winton’s younger brother, Andrew Winton, is a musician and a high school chaplain. His younger sister is Sharyn O'Neill, who in 2007 assumed the position of Director General of the WA Education Department.

As his fame has grown, Winton has guarded his and his family's privacy. He rarely speaks in public yet he is known as "an affable, plain-speaking man of unaffected intelligence and deep emotions."

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Tim Winton Career

Life and career

Timothy John Winton was born on August 4th, 1960, in Subiaco, Perth's inner western suburb. He grew up in the northern Perth suburb of Karrinyup before moving with his family to Albany, Australia's second largest city.

Winton wrote his first book, An Open Swimmer, which won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, and launched his writing career while at the Western Australian Institute of Technology. He has claimed that he wrote "the best part of three books while at university." In 1984, Shallows, his second book, received the Miles Franklin Award. In 1991, Winton published Cloudstreet, which formally began his writing career. He has continued to publish fiction, films, and non-fiction books.

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Tim Winton Awards

Awards and nominations

  • Four time Miles Franklin Award winner, 1984, 1992, 2002, 2009
  • Two time Booker Prize nominee 1995, 2002
  • Winton was included in the Bulletin's "100 Most Influential Australians" list in 2006
  • Australian National Living Treasure 1997
  • Centenary Medal for service to literature and the community 2001
  • Friends of the National Library of Australia Celebration Award 1999
  • Australian Society of Authors Medal for Community work re 'Save Ningaloo Reef' campaign 2003

Fremantle Dockers AFL players join with climate crusaders in questioning Woodside Energy sponsorship

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 20, 2022
Footy stars have now joined Fremantle's campaign to break ties with their key sponsor, Woodside (inset), but AFL legend Brad Hardie (right) has chastised them for doing so. Bailey Banfield, skipper Nat Fyfe (left), Alex Pearce, and now-retired David Mundy are among the players to raise questions about their club being funded by Australia's largest exporter of natural gas.

Fremantle Dockers, according to climate activists, are calling for climate activists to break ties with the energy giant Woodside

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 19, 2022
AFL is the most recent sport to be caught up in climate change, with Fremantle supporters trying to break the club's relationship with Woodside Energy. The natural gas exporter (bottom right) has been a key supporter of the Fremantle Dockers for nearly 13 years, but a number of high-profile followers, including author Tim Winton and former WA Premier Carmen Lawrence, have been advised by the club to leave the deal.