Gerald Murnane

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Gerald Murnane (born February 25, 1939 in Melbourne ) is an Australian writer. He has lived in Victoria almost all of his life .

Life

After Murnane briefly attended a Catholic seminary in the 1950s , he lost his religious belief and devoted himself to fictional literature . He wrote two autobiographical novels : Tamarisk Row and A Lifetime on Clouds . In 1982 he got his mature style with The Plains , a short novel about a young filmmaker traveling to a fictional country far inland Australia. The novel is a metaphysical parable about appearance and reality. Other books such as the novel Inland (1988) and the anthologies Landscape With Landscape (1985) and Emerald Blue (1995) continue this theme. The collection of essays Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs appeared in 2005. In early 2006, it was announced that Murnane was working on a new fictional work.

Murnane is an avid fan of horse racing and filmmaker Adrian Martin made the documentary Words and Silk about his interest in the sport.

Murnane is primarily known in Australia. A seminar on his work was held in 2001 at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales . But it also has followers in other countries, especially in Sweden and the USA , where The Plains was re-released in 1985 and 2004. The German translation, The Levels , reached number 1 on the SWR best list in July / August 2017 . In 2018 his book Border Districts was published in German and translated by Rainer G. Schmidt and in 2020 his novel Landschaft mit Landschaft followed, also in a German translation by Rainer G. Schmidt .

Works in German translation

The levels . Novel. Translated from the English by Rainer G. Schmidt. With an afterword by Ben Lerner. Berlin: Suhrkamp 2017. (Library Suhrkamp. Volume 1499.) The Plains (1982)

Border districts . (Without specifying the genre.) Translated from the English by Rainer G. Schmidt. Berlin: Suhrkamp 2018. (Library Suhrkamp. Volume 1507.) Border Districts (2017)

Landscape with landscape . Novel. Translated from the English by Rainer G. Schmidt. Berlin: Suhrkamp 2020. (Library Suhrkamp. Volume 1514.) Landscape with Landscape (1985)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Murnane: The Levels - Roman , suhrkamp.de, accessed on June 29, 2017
  2. ↑ The SWR best list in July / August: Gerald Murnane in first place , buchmarkt.de, accessed on June 29, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Murnane, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne