About Helen Hodgman
Lived 1945 – 2022 (aged 77). Helen Hodgman was an Australian novelist and writer.
Helen Hodgman (27 April 1945 – 6 June 2022) was an Australian novelist, who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland and migrated to Australia with her family in 1958.
She won the 1978 Somerset Maugham Award for her novel Jack and Jill. She also won the 1989 Christina Stead Fiction Prize for the novel Broken Words.
Career On publication of her first novel, British critic Auberon Waugh, referred to her as "a born writer with a style and an elan which is all her own". She died in 2022 aged 77 in Sydney.
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Who was Helen Hodgman?
Australian writer
When was Helen Hodgman born?
Helen Hodgman was born on 27 April 1945 in Aberdeen.
When did Helen Hodgman die?
Helen Hodgman died on 6 June 2022.
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Helen Hodgman was a novelist and writer.
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Helen Hodgman was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Helen Hodgman. https://biography.guide/helen-hodgman/
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