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Gail Jones

contemporary Australian novelist and academic
Person human Q3094367

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
1955, June 17, 1955[2][6]
Place of birth
Harvey
Country of citizenship
Australia[8]
Occupation
novelist, writer, university teacher
Employer
University of Western Australia[9]
Educated at
University of Western Australia[10]
Award received
T.A.G. Hungerford Award[12]
Notable work
Dreams of Speaking[11]
Child
Kyra Giorgi[7]
Nominated for
Booker Prize[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Family name
Jones[14]
Given name
Gail[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gail Jones ar غيل جونز ko 게일 존스 ru Гейл Джонс ru Джонс, Гейл zh 盖尔·琼斯 zh-hant 蓋爾·瓊斯
🔖 Identifiers · 27
ISNI
0000000110014017
VIAF cluster ID
102404959
Library of Congress authority ID
n95073525
GND ID
134032225
AustLit ID
A26750
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14605404f
BookBrainz author ID
8bdd2067-d045-4575-9548-49351f60fc64
CANTIC ID
981058513314206706
DDB person (GND) ID
134032225
DUC ID
gail-jones
Databazeknih.cz author ID
48747
FAST ID
1953973
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Freebase ID
/m/0276kzv
IdRef ID
088613879
NL CR AUT ID
jn20011101008
NLA Trove people ID
598622, 643652
NUKAT ID
n2006132878
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810540896105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
10690776X
Open Library ID
OL22980A
Perlentaucher ID
gail-jones
SVKKL authority ID
p0097721-Jones-Gail-1955
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
14650
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058513314206706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1136644
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbxBYJxmfrb9rxfh37j4q
Yale LUX ID
person/8cb1f292-f3da-42ee-8bbf-82837232e126

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
writer, novelist
Award received 1
T.A.G. Hungerford Award
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Educated at 1
University of Western Australia
Employer 1
University of Western Australia
Family name 1
Jones
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Nominated for 1
Booker Prize
Place of birth 1
Harvey
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Gail Jones was born in Harvey[1]. She was born on January 1, 1955[2]. She worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Gail Jones born?

Gail Jones was born in Harvey[1].

What did Gail Jones do for work?

Gail Jones worked as novelist[3], writer[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Gail Jones go to school?

Gail Jones was educated at University of Western Australia[10].

What awards did Gail Jones receive?

Honors received include T.A.G. Hungerford Award[12].

Related Entities

Australia University of Western Australia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BookBrainz author ID → 8bdd2067-d045-4575-9548-49351f60fc64
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it']
    Date of birth → +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1955-06-17T00:00:00Z
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0097721-Jones-Gail-1955
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0097721-Jones-Gail-1955, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → novelist, writer, university teacher
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32083|batch #32083]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (25)"
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