Michelle de Kretser
Australian novelist · Australia · On the map · Writers · Born 1957 · age 69
Michelle de Kretser is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka. She is a two-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award who has won the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction on three occasions.
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2019Christina Stead Prize for FictionAward2018Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward2014Christina Stead Prize for FictionAward2013Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward2008Christina Stead Prize for FictionAward1957Born11 November 1957
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Australia
Category
Writers
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Born 1957 · age 69
The same award as Michelle
Elizabeth JolleyBoth received Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
Xavier HerbertBoth received Miles Franklin Literary Award
Thea AstleyBoth received Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
Lily BrettBoth received Christina Stead Prize for FictionGeorge JohnstonBoth received Miles Franklin Literary Award
Murray BailBoth received Miles Franklin Literary Award