Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist
David Malouf
AOFRSL
David Malouf at the 2019 Perth Festival Writers Week
Born
(1934-03-20) 20 March 1934 (age 90) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Novelist
short story writer
poet
playwright
Alma mater
University of Queensland
Period
1962–
Genre
Novel
short story
poem
play
opera libretto
Notable works
Bicycle and Other Poems
Neighbours in a Thicket:Poems
Johnno
An Imaginary Life
Fly Away Peter
The Great World
Remembering Babylon
Ransom
Notable awards
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry 1974 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 1974 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 1979 Pascall Prize 1988 Miles Franklin Award 1991 Prix Femina Étranger 1991 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 1993 Prix Femina Étranger 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction 1994 International Dublin Literary Award 1996 Neustadt International Prize for Literature 2000 Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature 2016
David George Joseph MaloufAO[1] (mah-LOOF;[2] born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney. He also delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures.
Malouf's 1974 collection Neighbours in a Thicket: Poems won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. His 1990 novel The Great World won numerous awards, including the 1991 Miles Franklin Award and Prix Femina Étranger His 1993 novel Remembering Babylon was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the 1994 Prix Femina Étranger, the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, the 1995 Prix Baudelaire and the 1996 International Dublin Literary Award. Malouf was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000, the Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008 and the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature in 2016. He has been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.[3]
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^"Murakami Projected to Win the Nobel Prize". 2012. And the list goes on and on, including such contemporary literary greats as Kazuo Ishiguro, Ursula Le Guin, David Malouf, Salman Rushdie, A. S. Byatt, Milan Kundera, Julian Barnes, and John Ashbery...
David George Joseph Malouf AO (mah-LOOF; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a...
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An Imaginary Life is a 1978 novella written by DavidMalouf. It tells the story of the Roman poet Ovid, during his exile in Tomis. While there, Ovid lives...
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Dream Stuff is a collection of short stories by the Australian writer DavidMalouf, published in 2000. "At Schindler's" "Closer" "Blacksoil Country" "Jacko's...
Nobel-winning author Patrick White, as well as authors Christina Stead, DavidMalouf, Peter Carey, Bradley Trevor Greive, Thomas Keneally, Colleen McCullough...
International Designer Joseph Saba Mireille Astore, Artist and writer DavidMalouf, writer Sara Mansour, poet and co-founder of the Bankstown Poetry Slam...
the Saints, Savage Garden, and Sheppard as well as writers such as DavidMalouf, Nick Earls and Li Cunxin. Major annual cultural events include the Royal...
Miles Franklin literary award-winning novel by the Australian author DavidMalouf. It is an epic novel telling the story of two Australians during the...
000 and the translator €25,000. The first award was made in 1996 to DavidMalouf for his English-language novel Remembering Babylon. Nominations are submitted...
teacher, went on to become the saxophonist for the group Roxy Music DavidMalouf, English teacher, went on to become a novelist Mary Marsh, former head...
Fly Away Peter is a 1982 novel by Australian author DavidMalouf. It won The Age Book of the Year award in 1982, and is often studied at senior level in...
David Grossman (Hebrew: דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2018...
Theatre 1987 Blood Relations Cathy / Tessa with John Wood; written by DavidMalouf; at Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company & Playhouse, Adelaide...
album Vulture Street (2003). Prominent writers from Brisbane include DavidMalouf (whose 1975 novel Johnno is set in Brisbane and at Brisbane Grammar School...
Patroclus, who the story presents as the lover of Achilles. Ransom, by DavidMalouf, published in 2009, is a retelling of the Iliad, from books 22 to 24...
Somalia English novel, short story, drama, essay, autobiography 2000 DavidMalouf (b. 1934) Australia English novel, short story, poetry, drama, memoirs...
Remembering Babylon is a book by DavidMalouf, published in 1993. It won the inaugural International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the...
1941) Angela Malone (born 1971) Shane Maloney (born 1953), crime fiction DavidMalouf (born 1934) Leonard Mann (1895–1981) Frederic Manning (1882–1935) Melina...
gradually disillusioned. While in Paris in the early 1950s, influenced by David Rousset, André Breton and Albert Camus, he started publishing his critical...
Over Innsmouth 1931 H.P. Lovecraft At the Mountains of Madness 1931 DavidMalouf Fly Away Peter 1982 Thomas Mann Death in Venice 1912 Steve Martin Shopgirl...
coverage of English in Asia. It has an introduction by Australian author DavidMalouf. The fourth edition, published in 2005, increased the number of citations...
v t e Recipients of the International Dublin Literary Award DavidMalouf (1996) Javier Marías / Margaret Jull Costa (1997) Herta Müller / Michael Hofmann...
"Second major prize for book", The Canberra Times, 22 June 1990, p16 ""Malouf's sixth novel wins Miles Franklin award"". The Canberra Times, 26 June 1991...
(1885–1922) Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) Ern Malley (hoax poet created 1943) DavidMalouf (born 1934) John Manifold (1915–1985) Leonard Mann (1895–1981) Emily...
collection favorably. It is listed among Ovid's major works by author DavidMalouf and scholar Matthew Woodcock. In Matthew Bunson's Encyclopedia of the...
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