Search results
David George Joseph Malouf AO (mah-LOOF; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney .
David Malouf, Australian poet, novelist, and short-story writer of Lebanese and English descent whose work reflects his ethnic background as well as his Queensland childhood and youth. In 2000 he won the Neustadt Prize.
David Malouf lives in Australia. His latest books are Ransom (2009), a novel inspired by a part of Homer's Iliad, and Earth Hour (2014), a poetry collection . He was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2011.
David Malouf is the author of ten novels and six volumes of poetry. His novel The Great World was awarded both the prestigious Commonwealth Prize and the Prix Femina Estranger. Remembering Babylon was short-listed for the Booker Prize.
Malouf received the Victoria Premier’s Award in 1985 for his short stories, and his play Blood Relations received the New South Wales Premier’s Award for drama. The Great...
Mar 1, 2024 · If a man can be said to be made by his place – and a place starts with the sounds, smells and colours known by the body, and extends to the family and state known by the heart and mind – then Queensland is David Malouf’s maker. But how to reconcile this writer with this place?
David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including Ransom, The Great World (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), Remembering Babylon (winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), An Imaginary Life,...
Background. Between 2005 - 2015, the Man Booker International Prize recognised one writer for their achievement in fiction. Worth £60,000, the prize was awarded every two years to a living author who had published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.
'This is only David Malouf's third new poetry volume in nearly 40 years, so it is a significant publishing event. As one of Australia's greatest living poets, Malouf continues to meditate and reflect on themes of mortality and memory.
As a novelist and poet of insight and delicacy, with remarkable observational powers, he is almost bound to address war in his considerations of human lives and histories, even when ‘war material . . . is not [his] primary concern’ (Malouf, ‘Australian Literature and War’ 266).
