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Homesickness (1980) is a novel by Australian writer Murray Bail. It was originally published by Macmillan in Australia in 1980. [1] It won both The Age Book of the Year Award and The Age Book of the Year Fiction Awards in 1980. It shared both awards with David Ireland's novel A Woman of the Future.
David Ireland was born in Lakemba in south-west Sydney in New South Wales in 1927. Before taking up full-time writing in 1973, he undertook the classic writer's apprenticeship by working in a variety of jobs, ranging from greenskeeper to an extended period in the Siverwater oil refinery, on the river downstream of Parramatta .
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North [1] and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes.
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1839 in literature: "A Convict's Tour to Hell" – Francis McNamara; 1838 in literature: The Guardian: a Tale (by an Australian) – Anna Maria Bunn; "The Aboriginal Mother" – Eliza Hamilton Dunlop; A Month in the Bush of Australia – Thomas Walker; 1837 in literature: "Woman" – Charles Harpur; 1836 in literature: 1835 in literature: 1834 ...
Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) [1] is an Australian novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Perhaps best known for his 1982 novel The Plains, [2] he has won acclaim for his distinctive prose and exploration of memory, identity, and the Australian landscape, often blurring fiction and autobiography in the process.
ACT Book of the Year; ACT Writing and Publishing Awards; Ada Cambridge Prize; The Age Book of the Year; Asher Award (2005–2017) Australian Book Industry Awards; Australian Literature Society Gold Medal; The Australian/Vogel Literary Award; Banjo Awards (1974–1997) Barbara Jefferis Award; Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, originally Territory ...
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