Julian Davies
- January 9, 2024
- Writer
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Julian Davies Biography
| Name | Julian Davies |
| Birthday | May 23 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Melbourne |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Julian Davies is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on May 23, 1954 in Melbourne, Melbourne, ****. Davies was born on 23 June 1954 in Melbourne. Best known as a novelist, Davies has also written stories and non-fiction, made ceramics and paintings, and established the non- profit art gallery The Left Hand. A short bio describe Davies as: … writer, potter, painter and front-man for a non profit art gallery. Davies also co- founded the non-profit press Finlay Lloyd Publishers. Between 1972 and the late 1980s Davies trained and worked as a ceramicist, establishing a workshop and gallery in Canberra. In the early 80s he spent two years in New York, (subsequently, two of his novels, Revival House and The Boy were set in New York). Returning from New York, he built a ceramic workshop and painting studio and house in the mountains near Braidwood, NSW, moving there permanently in 1988. Building in this remote setting are written about in the biographical essay Out of Town. By the late 80s he began to concentrate on writing novels. In 2005, he co-founded Finlay Lloyd Publishers. And in 2010 Davies established The Left Hand.
Davies has also worked as a volunteer in public education since 2005, running classes and workshops that encourage critical thinking.
Davies and Phil Day (artist) have collaborated on books since 2008. Their first collaboration being Cat’s eye (2008), a short story by Davies, with copper engravings by Day. Their most recent collaborations are the “tangentially related” novels Crow Mellow (2014) and Call Me (2018). Dorothy Johnston, Sydney Morning Herald, wrote that:
In 2010, Davies established the Left Hand in Braidwood, NSW. The premise behind the gallery was to establish a non-commercial model for art exhibition where artists felt encouraged and supported regardless of the extent of the sales of their work. His critical evaluation of the art world is contained an essay in Lost Art (another collaboration with Phil Day).
Revival House was shortlisted for the NBC Fiction Award, for the FAW Barabara Ramsdaen Best Book of the Year Award, and for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region) Best First Book. Moments of Pleasure was shortlisted for the 1995 Talking Book of the Year Award. The Beholder was shortlisted the NSW Premiers Award for Fiction. The Boy was shortlisted for the Victorian Premiers Award for Fiction.
Julian Davies Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Julian Davies is one of the richest Writer from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Julian Davies 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Julian Davies (born 23 June 1954) is an Australian author.
Davies sent his first manuscript, Revival House, to Penguin unsolicited in 1990, where it was published in 1991. While the book proved controversial, it received many enthusiastic reviews. Helen Elliott wrote in the Melbourne Herald: ‘The prose is spare and clean, the assurance is enviable, the tone measured, infallible…’ and Rob Johnson wrote in the Adelaide Advertiser: ‘…a tour de force… a strikingly accomplished performance.’
Late in 2005, frustrated by the increasing commercialism of publishing, Davies co-founded Finlay Lloyd with Phil Day (artist), Ingeborg Hansen and Robin Wallace-Crabbe. The intention of the press was to encourage the writing larger publishers were too risk averse to support. From 2010 Davies and Day continued the press as the two remaining founders, Day concentrating on the setting and design of the books, and Davies on their editing, publicising and distribution.
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