Liam Davison
- Birth Date:
- 29.07.1957
- Death date:
- 17.07.2014
- Length of life:
- 56
- Days since birth:
- 24378
- Years since birth:
- 66
- Days since death:
- 3571
- Years since death:
- 9
- Person's maiden name:
- Liam Patrick Davison
- Categories:
- KIA of Russian invasion in Ukraine war 2014-24, Victim of terrorist attack, Writer
- Nationality:
- australian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Liam Patrick Davison (29 July 1957 – 17 July 2014) was an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne where until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston.
Educated at St Bede's College, Melbourne and Melbourne Teacher's College. Davison was awarded the National Book Council's Banjo Award for Fiction in 1993 and has been shortlisted for several literary prizes such as The Age Book of the Year Award and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. His work is characterised by its sharp and perceptive insights into Australian history and landscape and has appeared in many Australian literary anthologies. He was also an occasional reviewer for The Australian newspaper.
He died along with his wife on 17 July 2014, as a victim of the shooting down of Flight MH17.
Publications
- The Velodrome (1988)
- The Shipwreck Party (Short stories) (1988)
- Soundings (1993)
- The White Woman (1994)
- The Betrayal (2001)
- Collected Stories (2001)
- The Spirit of Australia (with Jim Conquest)
Source: wikipedia.org
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17.07.2014 | Malaysian Boeing 777 MH17 shot down
According to Doneck terrorist leader Girkin (Strelkov) tweets, plane was hit down by his men. As it was announced before on 29/6/2014 terrorists occupied Ukrainian air defence unit near Ukraine border and have anti-air systems, including BUK (SA-11 Gadfly). Rocket was launched from cossacks' ataman Kozytsin positions. According to some experts, Russian aircraft with Russian tourists was expected to be shot down, to back further wide-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine after Crimea and East Ukraine