cathy freeman won the australian of the year in 1998.
who won the australian of the year in 1998?
cathy freeman
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bullet::::- merlinda bobis, a contemporary philippine-australian writer and academic. among her awards are australian classical music award for best vocal/choral work of the year for "daragang magayon cantata", 2007; gawad pambansang alagad ni balagtas (national balagtas award: a lifetime award for author’s poetry and prose in english, pilipino, bikol) from the unyon ng manunulat ng pilipinas (union of philippine writers), 2006; gintong aklat award (golden book award: philippine publishers' award) for "banana heart summer" (novel), 2006; australian literature society gold medal for "banana heart summer", 2006; nomination: best in foreign language in fiction from the manila critics’ circle for "banana heart summer", 2006; judges’ choice award, bumbershoot bookfair, seattle arts festival for "the kissing" (collection of short stories published as "white turtle" in australia and the philippines), 2001; arts queensland steele rudd australian short story award (for the best published collection of australian short stories, joint winner) for "white turtle", 2000; philippine national book award for fiction (joint winner) from the manila critics’ circle for "white turtle", 2000; nsw ministry for the arts writers’ fellowship for novel in progress, "fish-hair woman", 2000; canberra writing fellowship jointly from the australian national university, the university of canberra, and the australian defence force academy, 2000; prix italia (international award) for "rita's lullaby" (radio play), 1998; australian writers' guild award (awgie) for "rita’s lullaby", 1998; pamana philippine presidential award for achievement in the arts (for filipino expatriates), 1998; shortlist: the age poetry book of the year award for "summer was a fast train without terminals" (collection of poems), 1998; winner, out of the ashes trans-tasman short story competition for "white turtle" (short story), 1998; commended: national short story competition, society of women writers for "the sadness collector" (short story), 1998; joint winner, abc radio national's 'books & writing short story competition' for the tongue (also known as the parable of illawarra street), 1997; ian reed foundation prize for radio drama for "rita's lullaby", 1995; carlos palanca memorial award in literature (philippine national award), honourable mention for "ms. serena serenata" (one-act play), 1995; gawad cultural centre of the philippines (national award for poetry in filipino) for "mula dulo hanggang kanto" (‘from end to corner’, collection of poems), 1990; likhaan award for daragang magayon and other poems, university of the philippines writers' workshop, 1990; carlos palanca memorial award in literature, second prize for "lupang di hinirang: kuwento at sikreto" (‘land not dearest: story and secret’, collection of poems in filipino), 1989; and carlos palanca memorial award in literature, joint winner, first prize for "peopleness" (collection of poems in english), 1987.
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