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Thomas Keneally

Australian novelist · Australia · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

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Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982.

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2012Colin Roderick AwardAward2007Helmerich AwardAward1983Officer of the Order of AustraliaAward1982“Fatal human malice is the staple of narrators, original sin the mother-fluid of historians. But it is a risky enterprise to have to write of virtue.”In their wordsPrologue

“In times like these, he said, it must be hard for the churches to go on telling people that their Heavenly Father cared about the death of even a single sparrow.”In their wordsCh. 2

“The more Orthodox of the ghetto had a slogan - "An hour of life is still life.”In their wordsCh. 16

“The list is an absolute good. The list is life. All round its cramped margins lies the gulf.”In their wordsCh. 31

Booker PrizeAward1975Barbara Ramsden AwardAward1973Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAwardHeinemann AwardAward1968Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward1967Miles Franklin Literary AwardAward1935Born7 October 1935

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  1. Fatal human malice is the staple of narrators, original sin the mother-fluid of historians. But it is a risky enterprise to have to write of virtue.

    1982, Prologue, Own words

  2. In times like these, he said, it must be hard for the churches to go on telling people that their Heavenly Father cared about the death of even a single sparrow.

    1982, Ch. 2, Own words

  3. The more Orthodox of the ghetto had a slogan - "An hour of life is still life.

    1982, Ch. 16, Own words

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Awards

Colin Roderick Award2012
Helmerich Award2007
Officer of the Order of Australia1983
Booker Prize1982
Barbara Ramsden Award1975
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1973
Heinemann Award1973
Miles Franklin Literary Award1968
Miles Franklin Literary Award1967
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Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Country
Australia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1935 · age 91

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