Clare Alice Wright was born on 14 May 1969 and is an American Australian historian, author, broadcaster and podcaster.
12 Facts About Clare Wright
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Clare Wright is Professor of History and Professor of Public Engagement at La Trobe University, and was the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize.
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Clare Wright migrated to Australia in 1974 with her mother.
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Clare Wright holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts in public history from Monash University and a Doctor of Philosophy in Australian studies from the University of Melbourne.
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Clare Wright was the executive officer of the History Council of Victoria from 2003 to 2004.
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Clare Wright is the author of a number of books which garnered both critical and popular acclaim.
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In 2016, Clare Wright won the Alice Literary Award, presented by the Society for Women Writers, for "distinguished and long-term contribution to literature by an Australian woman".
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Clare Wright has been co-host with Yves Rees of the La Trobe University podcast Archive Fever since 2019.
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Clare Wright created, wrote and presented the ABC television history documentary Utopia Girls and created and co-wrote the ABC television documdrama series The War That Changed Us, which won an ATOM award for best factual program and was nominated for a Logie Award.
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In 2019, Clare Wright co-founded and co-convenes A Monument of One's Own, a not-for-profit advocacy group which campaigns for statue equality.
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Clare Wright is a former board director at the Wheeler Centre and a former member of the expert advisory panel for the Australian Republic Movement.
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Clare Wright was on the Independent Advisory Panel of the Albanese Government's National Cultural Policy and co-wrote the policy document's Vision Statement.