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Miles Franklin Award information


Miles Franklin Award
Awarded fora novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases
Sponsored byEstate of Miles Franklin
LocationAustralia
First awarded1957
WebsiteMiles Franklin Award

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".[1] The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (1901). She bequeathed her estate to fund this award.[2] As of 2016, the award is valued at A$60,000.[3]

  1. ^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award". Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  2. ^ The Miles Franklin Literary Award Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Australia).
  3. ^ About the award Archived 6 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, official website.

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