Pascoe was born in Richmond, Victoria in 1947. Pascoe is best known for his work Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? (2014), in which he argues that traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples engaged in agriculture, engineering and permanent building construction, and that their practices provide possible models for future sustainable development in Australia. Since August 2020, he has been Enterprise Professor in Indigenous Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As well as his own name, Pascoe has written under the pen names Murray Gray and Leopold Glass. Australia Council for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)īruce Pascoe (born 1947) is an Aboriginal Australian writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature.New South Wales Premier's Indigenous Writers' Prize (2016).New South Wales Premier's Literary Award for Book of the Year (2016).The Deadlys Published book of the year (2013).Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction (2013).Fellowship of Australian Writers Literature Award (1999).
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