Frank Moorhouse

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Frank Moorhouse (born December 21, 1938 in Nowra , New South Wales ) is an Australian writer and occasional screenwriter.

Moorhouse is one of the most important contemporary Australian authors. He began his professional career as an editor for local newspapers and has been a full-time writer since 1970. He lives in Sydney . Occasionally he was also active as a screenwriter , for example in the film adaptation of the Coca Cola Kid (1985).

In 1989 he received the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Fourty-seventeen. This novel was also named Age Book of the Year by The Age newspaper . For Dark Palace he received the Miles Franklin Award in 2001 .

Moorhouse is considered to be the innovator of the Australian short story standing in the tradition of Henry Lawson . His style is satirical at times. In a report-like manner, including realistic dialogues, it reflects the fragmentation of the modern world.

Works (selection)

  • Futility and other animals (1969)
  • The Americans, baby (1972)
  • The electrical experience (1974)
  • Conference-Ville (1976)
  • The ever-lasting secret family and other secrets (1980)
  • Room service (1987)
  • Forty-seventeen (1988, German: 17 & 40 )
  • Dark palace (2000)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry at Perlentaucher
  2. ↑ Portrait of the author at Random House
  3. ↑ List of the award winners
  4. ^ List of excellent books
  5. ↑ List of the award winners
personal data
SURNAME Moorhouse, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Nowra , New South Wales