Premier Dr Denis Napthine tonight announced poet Jennifer Maiden as
the winner of Australia's richest single literary prize – the Victorian Prize for Literature
– for Liquid Nitrogen, a collection of poetry that weaves political
events of our time with tributes to friends, family and melody.
In Liquid Nitrogen, Ms Maiden ventures into the minds of public
figures including Hillary Clinton and Eleanor Roosevelt, and imagines
conversations that explore both the personal and political.
Ms Maiden's work was chosen from a strong group of category winners who
each received $25,000: Alex Miller for Coal Creek (Fiction), Henry
Reynolds for Forgotten War (Non- Fiction), Patricia Cornelius for
Savages (Drama), and Barry Jonsberg for My Life as an Alphabet (Writing
for Young Adults). These five writers were chosen from a shortlist of 22
writers from around Australia and a record number of entries.
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