Nicholas Hasluck
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The Honourable Justice Nicholas Paul Hasluck AM (born 17 October 1942) is an Australian novelist and judge.
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[edit] Early life
Nicholas Paul Hasluck was born in Canberra. His father, Sir Paul Hasluck was a minister in the Federal Government under Robert Menzies, and was later appointed Governor-General of Australia. Nicholas studied law at the University of Western Australia (1963) and Oxford (1966). After completing his studies he worked briefly in Fleet Street in London as an editorial assistant before returning to Australia in 1967 to work as a barrister. He was deputy chair of the Australia Council from 1978 to 1982 and was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
[edit] Judicial career
On 1 May 2000, Hasluck was appointed as a judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of Western Australia.
[edit] Awards
| The Miles Franklin Award | The Country Without Music, shortlisted 1991; Truant State, shortlisted 1987 |
| Western Australia Premier's Book Awards | The Country Without Music, joint winner 1991; Our Man K, shortlisted 1999 |
| The Age Book of the Year Award | The Bellarmine Jug, Imaginative Writing Prize and Book of the Year 1984 |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
- Quarantine (1978)
- The Blue Guitar (1980)
- The Hand That Feeds You (1982)
- The Bellarmine Jug (1984)
- Truant State (1987)
- The Country Without Music (1990)
- The Blosseville File (1992)
- A Grain of Truth (1994)
- Our Man K (1999)
[edit] Short story collections
- The Hat on the Letter 'O' and Other Stories (1978)
- The Hat on the Letter 'O' and Other Stories (1990), revised edition
[edit] Poetry
- Anchor and Other Dreams (1976)
- On the Edge (1981)
- Chinese Journey (1985) (with Christopher Koch)
[edit] Non-Fiction
- Collage: Recollections and Images of the University of Western Australia (1987), essays
- Offcuts From a Legal Literary Life (1993), essays
- The Legal Labyrinth (2003)
