Michelle de Kretser

Michelle de Kretser (born 1957) is an Australian novelist and writer.

Michelle de Kretser Award-winning author Award-winning author Michelle de Kretser has keenly observed the changes occurring in Australian society since she and her family first emigrated in 1972. In those days, the influence of the recently abolished White Australia Policy could still be seen in the insularity of Australian society. The cultural and ethnic diversity that now forms such an integral

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Michelle de Kretser

Born: 1957
Known for: novelist and writer
Place of birth: Colombo
Awards: Miles Franklin Literary Award
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
Family: writers
Employers: University of Melbourne
Languages: English
Birth place: Colombo
Educated at: University of Melbourne
Occupations: novelist
writer

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Overview

Born at Colombo in 1957.

In detail

Michelle de Kretser studied at University of Melbourne. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with University of Melbourne.

Distinctions recorded are Miles Franklin Literary Award and Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

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Broken Novels, Ruptured Worlds: A Conversation with Michelle de Kretser, World Literature Today, 2020
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Michelle de Kretser named fifteenth woman to win the Miles Franklin, 2013
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Michelle de Kretser writes back to the ‘Woolfmother’ in Theory & Practice, 2024
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Open Library author record for Michelle de Kretser (Internet Archive), 15 catalogued works.
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The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser, Antipodes, 2019
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Tourists, travellers, refugees: An interview with Michelle De Kretser *, Mediating Literary Borders: Asian Australian Writing, 2019
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1931175: Michelle de Kretser
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Michelle de Kretser.
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 185 works naming Michelle de Kretser.
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“Michelle de Kretser”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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