Adrian Caesar | |
Birth Date: | 1955 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, United Kingdom |
Occupation: | Lecturer, writer and poet |
Language: | English |
Nationality: | Australian |
Education: | B.A. Hons, PhD |
Alma Mater: | Reading University |
Notableworks: | The White (1999) |
Awards: | Nettie Palmer Prize, 2000 A.C.T. Book of the Year, 2000 |
Adrian Caesar (born 1955) is an Australian author and poet.
Caesar was born in Manchester, United Kingdom and emigrated to Australia in 1982.[1] He studied at Reading University and has held appointments at various Australian universities, including the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales' School of Humanities and Social Sciences.[2]
Caesar is the author of several books, including the prize-winning non-fiction novel The White based on the Antarctic exploration of Robert F. Scott and Douglas Mawson from 1911 to 1913. His later novel, The Blessing was long-listed for the Voss Literary Prize in 2016. His poems have been widely published[1] and his 2005 poetry collection High Wire was shortlisted for the 2007 Judith Wright Prize.
The White: Last Days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911–1913