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Diploma of Education student Mr Andrew O'Connor has received a national literary prize for his first novel.
Mr O'Connor (pictured), who lives in Warragul in Gippsland, has won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for his book Tuvalu.
He wrote the prize-winning novel while studying by distance education through the Gippsland campus and living on the family farm in Warragul.
Previously, Mr O'Connor studied Arts at the University of Melbourne, taught English in Japan and worked and travelled in central and northern Australia.
Mr O'Connor said the $20,000 prize would help accommodate his writing aspirations, as he plans to split his time between teaching and writing when he moves to Sydney next year after graduation.
Mr O'Connor (pictured), who lives in Warragul in Gippsland, has won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for his book Tuvalu.
He wrote the prize-winning novel while studying by distance education through the Gippsland campus and living on the family farm in Warragul.
Previously, Mr O'Connor studied Arts at the University of Melbourne, taught English in Japan and worked and travelled in central and northern Australia.
Mr O'Connor said the $20,000 prize would help accommodate his writing aspirations, as he plans to split his time between teaching and writing when he moves to Sydney next year after graduation.
