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About Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally is one of Australia's most popular and prolific writers, having published more than 30 novels, dramas, screenplays and books of non-fiction.
He is also one of its most distinguished. He has twice received the Miles Franklin Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times before winning for Schindler's Ark, later made into an Academy Award winning film. His novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is also an Australian classic.
Born in 1935 into an Irish Catholic family, Tom spent his early years in country towns of northern NSW before moving to the Sydney suburb of Homebush. He wanted desperately to be good at sport but, as an asthmatic child, spent much of his time on the sidelines reading.
As a young man, he studied for the priesthood for six years but left just before ordination. From 1960, he worked as a schoolteacher, coached football and studied law part time. His first novel was published in 1964, yet only after his third novel Bring Larks and Heroes did he see writing as a full-time career.
Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style. He has also written screenplays, memoirs, and non-fiction books.
Tom is a strong advocate of the Australian republic and published a book on the subject entitled Our Republic in 1993.
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