Peter Carey
Australian novelist · Australia · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
Peter Carey is read about 121 times a day, in 36 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 103 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2012Bodley MedalAwardOfficer of the Order of AustraliaAward2007Christina Stead Prize for FictionAward2001Booker PrizeAward2000Colin Roderick AwardAward1998Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward1989Banjo Award for FictionAwardMiles Franklin Literary AwardAward1988Booker PrizeAward1985Banjo Award for FictionAwardBarbara Ramsden AwardAward1982Banjo Award for FictionAward1981Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward1980Christina Stead Prize for FictionAward1943Born7 May 1943
People around Peter
Close ties
Wim Wenders Directed Until the End of the World (1991)
Gillian Armstrong Directed Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Justin Kurzel Directed True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Barry Otto Peter wrote Bliss (1985)
Paulo Branco Produced Until the End of the World (1991)
Brian Trenchard-Smith Directed Dead End Drive-In (1986)
Anatole Dauman Produced Until the End of the World (1991)
Ray Lawrence Directed Bliss (1985)
Awards
About this person
Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83
Where to find them
In the same film or series as Peter
Amália RodriguesAlso in Until the End of the World (1991)
Lois ChilesAlso in Until the End of the World (1991)
Richard RoxburghAlso in Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Essie DavisAlso in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Bill BerryAlso in R.E.M.: This Film Is On (1991)
Markella KavenaghAlso in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)