Nicholas Jose

Robert Nicholas Jose (born 9 November 1952), known as Nicholas, is an Australian novelist.

Early life and education Robert Nicholas Jose,

He was educated at the Australian National University (ANU), before being awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in 1974.

In early 2017 Jose became involved in a research project, Other Worlds: Forms of "World Literature", for which he is leading a theme on "Antipodean China", exploring the relationship between Chinese literature and world literature.

Writing Jose has written widely on contemporary art and literature from Asia and the Pacific.

Awards and nominations 1973 University Medal for English, Australian National University 1990 shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award - Avenue of Eternal Peace 1997 shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia - The Custodians 2003 shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year, Non-fiction - Black Sheep