Julia Blackburn (born 1948) is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet Thomas Blackburn and artist Rosalie de Meric.Printed Matter – Julia Blackburn – Page
Blackburn was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002.
Blackburn's bohemian and troubled upbringing is the subject of her memoir The Three of Us (2008), which won the PEN/Ackerley Prize.
In 1999, she married Dutch artist and sculptor Herman Makkink (1937–2013).
Awards and honours 1996: Orange Prize, shortlist, The Book of Colour 1999: Orange Prize, shortlist, The Leper's Companions 1999: James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions 2009: J. R. Ackerley Award, winner, The Three of Us 2011: Costa Book Awards (Biography), shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village 2012: Dolman Best Travel Book Award, shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village 2019: Wainwright Prize, shortlist, Time Song: Searching for Doggerland
Bibliography
Novels The Book of Colour (1995) The Leper's Companions (1999)
Non-fiction The White Men: The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man (1979) Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller (1991) Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines (1994) The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St. Helena (2000) Old Man Goya (2002) With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day (2005). Vintage. . – includes material from interviews conducted by Linda Lipnack Kuehl My Animals and Other Family (2007) The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008) Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011) Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske (2015) Time Song: Searching for Doggerland (2019); in the US: Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land (2019) Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam (2022)
References
External links Author's official website