Thomas Keneally
Thomas Michael Keneally AO (born October 7, 1935 in Sydney , New South Wales ; also Tom Keneally ) is an Australian writer . His best-known work is Schindler's List (Schindler's Ark) from 1982 , the literary basis for the film Schindler's List , for which he received the Booker Prize .
life and work
He started the Catholic seminary , but left this path before his ordination . He then worked in Sydney as a teacher and from 1968 to 1970 as a lecturer at the University of New England . In addition to his successful novels, Keneally has also written scripts and non-fiction.
He played in a number of films, including a small role in The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith based on his own novel, as well as in The Devil's Playground by Fred Schepisi .
Keneally is a supporter of the Australian Republic and thus advocates breaking all ties with the British monarchy . In 1993 he published a book on the subject called Our Republic , as well as numerous essays that appeared on the website of the Australian Republican Movement .
In 1983, Keneally was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of Australia for contributions to literature. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected him a member in 1993.
Works
Novels
- The Place at Whitton (1964)
- The Fear (1965, rewritten as By the Line in 1989 )
- Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
- Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
- The Survivor (1969)
- A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
- Australian ballad, German by Ingrid and Rainer Rönsch; Verlag Volk und Welt, Berlin 1977.
- Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
- Gossip from the Forest (1975)
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Season in Purgatory (1976)
- On the edge of hell, German by Kurt Heinrich Hansen; Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1978. ISBN 3-421-01850-2
- Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees (children's book, 1978)
- A Victim of the Aurora (detective novel, 1978)
- Passenger (1979)
- Confederates (1979)
- The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
- Schindler's Ark (1982)
- A Family Madness (1985)
- The Playmaker (1987)
- Act of Grace (1985, under the pseudonym William Coyle, US title: Firestorm )
- By the Line (1989)
- Towards Asmara (1989, also published as To Asmara )
- Flying Hero Class (1991)
- Chief of Staff (1991, under the pseudonym William Coyle)
- Woman of the Inner Sea (1993)
- Jacko (1993)
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A River Town (1995)
- A city on the river , German by Sylveline Schönwald; Berlin-Verlag, Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-8270-0090-4
- Bettany's Book (2000)
- An Angel in Australia (2000, also as Office of Innocence )
- The Tyrant's Novel (2003)
- The Widow and Her Hero (2007)
- The People's Train (2009)
- The Daughters of Mars (2012), nominated for the Walter Scott Prize
- Shame and the Captives (2014)
Non-fiction
- Moses the Law-Giver (1975)
- Outback (1983)
- Australia: Beyond the Dreamtime (1987)
- The Place Where Souls are Born: A Journey to the Southwest (1992)
- Now and in Time to Be: Ireland and the Irish (1992)
- Memoirs from a Young Republic (1993)
- The Utility Player: The Des Hasler Story (1993)
- Our Republic (1995)
- Homebush Boy: A Memoir (1995, autobiography)
- The Great Shame (1998)
- American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles (2002, biography of Daniel Sickles )
- Lincoln (2003, biography of Abraham Lincoln )
- A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia (2005)
- Searching for Schindler: A Memoir (2007)
- Australians: Origins to Eureka (2009)
- Three Famines: Starvation and Politics (2011)
- Australians: Eureka to the Diggers (2011)
Stage plays
- Halloran's Little Boat (1968)
- Childermas (1968)
- To Awful Rose (1972)
- Bullie's House (1981)
Film adaptations
- 1978: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith ( The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith )
- 1993: Schindler's List
literature
- Ansgar Nünning : Keneally, Thomas : In: Metzler Lexicon of English-speaking authors . 631 portraits - from the beginning to the present. Edited by Eberhard Kreutzer and Ansgar Nünning, Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2002, p. 319f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Keneally in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Keneally in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography and Bibliography (English)
- Thomas Keneally at: enotes.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ It's an Honor. Australian Government, accessed July 23, 2010 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Keneally, Thomas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keneally, Thomas Michael (full name); Keneally, Tom |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , New South Wales |