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Michelle de Kretser
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Colombo, Ceylon
CitizenshipAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
Notable awardsMiles Franklin Award (2013, 2018)
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (2008, 2014, 2019)
PartnerChris Andrews

Michelle de Kretser (born 1957) is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), and moved to Australia in 1972 when she was 14.[1]

  1. ^ "De Kretser, Michelle". AustLit. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

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