Thomas Keneally

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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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • A River Town (1995)
  • 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

Web links

Commons : Thomas Keneally  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ It's an Honor. Australian Government, accessed July 23, 2010 .
personal data
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