Gerald Murnane
Autor(a) de The Plains
About the Author
Gerald Murname was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1939. In 1956, he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern. He briefly trained for the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1957, but decided to become a teacher in primary schools from 1960 to 1968 and at the Victoria Racing Club's Apprentice mostrar mais Jockeys' School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1969, then worked in the Victorian Education Department until 1973. He is the author of numerous books including Tamarisk Row, A Lifetime on Clouds, The Plains, Landscape with Landscape, Inland, Velvet Waters, Emerald Blue, Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs, Barley Patch, A History of Books, and A Million Windows. He won the Victorian Literary Award 2016 in the Nonfiction category for Something for the Pain: A Memoir of the Turf. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Gerald Murnane
Land Deal 1 exemplar(es)
Precious Bane 1 exemplar(es)
The Angel's Son: why I learned Hungarian late in life ('Hungarian Review' Vol. II, No. 4) Books Re-vised 1 exemplar(es)
Última carta a un lector 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Stories from Down Under : nine short stories from Australia and New Zealand — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Murnane, Gerald
- Data de nascimento
- 1939-02-25
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Coburg, Victoria, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Educação
- University of Melbourne
- Ocupação
- writer
teacher (Primary School)
lecturer (Creative Writing) - Organizações
- Deakin University
- Premiações
- Patrick White Award (1999)
New South Wales Premier's Special Literary Award (2007)
Australia Council Emeritus Award (2008)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 26
- Also by
- 5
- Membros
- 1,611
- Popularidade
- #15,999
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 87
- ISBNs
- 118
- Idiomas
- 10
- Favorito
- 7