Miles Franklin Literary Award (Australian Fiction)

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The Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary award, was first awarded in 1957. It is an annual award, established with a bequest from Miles Franklin (author of ‘My Brilliant Career’). It is awarded to the novel published in the previous calendar year which is of the highest literary merit and which presents Australian life in any of its phases. The award was shared in 1962 and 2000, and there was no award in the years 1973, 1983 and 1988.

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  1. 1957
    Voss
    by Patrick White
  2. 1958
    ?
    To the Islands
    by Randolph Stow
  3. 1959
    ?
    The Big Fellow
    by Vance Palmer
  4. 1960
    ?
    The Irishman
    by Elizabeth O'Conner
  5. 1961
    Riders in the Chariot (New York Review Books Classics)
    by Patrick White
  6. 1962
    ?
    The Cupboard Under the Stairs
    by George Turner
  7. 1962
    ?
    The Well Dressed Explorer
    by Thea Astley
  8. 1963
    ?
    Careful, He Might Hear You
    by Sumner Locke Elliott
  9. 1964
    My Brother Jack
    by George Johnston
  10. 1965
    ?
    The Slow Natives
    by Thea Astley
  11. 1966
    ?
    Trap
    by Peter Mathers
  12. 1967
    ?
    Bring Larks and Heroes
    by Thomas Keneally
  13. 1968
    ?
    Three Cheers for the Paraclete
    by Thomas Keneally
  15. 1970
    ?
    A Horse of Air
    by Dal Stivens
  16. 1971
    ?
    The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
    by David Ireland
  17. 1972
    ?
    The Acolyte
    by Thea Astley
  18. 1974
    ?
    The Mango Tree
    by Ronald McKie
  19. 1975
    ?
    Poor Fellow My Country
    by Xavier Herbert
  20. 1976
    ?
    The Glass Canoe
    by David Ireland
  21. 1977
    ?
    Swords and Crowns and Rings
    by Ruth Park
  22. 1978
    Tirra Lirra by the River

  23. 1979
    ?
    A Woman of the Future
    by David Ireland
  24. 1980
    ?
    The Impersonators
    by Jessica Anderson
  25. 1981
    Bliss
    by Peter Carey
  26. 1982
    Just Relations
    by Rodney Hall
  27. 1984
    Shallows
    by Tim Winton
  28. 1985
    The Doubleman
    by Christopher J. Koch
  29. 1986
    ?
    The Well
    by Elizabeth Jolley
  30. 1987
    Dancing On Coral
    by Glenda Adams
  31. 1989
    Oscar and Lucinda
    by Peter Carey
  32. 1990
    Oceana Fine
    by Tom Flood
  33. 1991
    The Great World
    by David Malouf
  34. 1992
    Cloudstreet : A Novel
    by Tim Winton
  35. 1993
    The Ancestor Game (A Penguin Original)
    by Alex Miller
  36. 1994
    ?
    The Grisly Wife
    by Rodney Hall
  37. 1995
    ?
    The Hand That Signed The Paper
    by Helen Demidenko
  38. 1996
    Highways to a War
    by Christopher J. Koch
  39. 1997
    Glade Within the Grove
    by David Foster
  40. 1998
    Jack Maggs
    by Peter Carey
  41. 1999
    Eucalyptus: A Novel
    by Murray Bail
  42. 2000
    Drylands
    by Thea Astley
  43. 2000
    Benang
    by Kim Scott
  44. 2001
    Dark Palace
    by Frank Moorhouse
  45. 2002
    Dirt Music : A Novel
    by Tim Winton
  46. 2003
    Journey to the Stone Country
    by Alex Miller
  47. 2004
    The Great Fire
    by Shirley Hazzard
  48. 2005
    The White Earth
    by Andrew McGahan
  49. 2006
    The Ballad of Desmond Kale
    by Roger McDonald
  50. 2007
    ?
    Carpentaria
    by Alexis Wright

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Lisa

Miles Franklin Award winner reviews at ANZ LitLovers — 41 weeks ago

I’ve reviewed many of these books on my blog, and am steadily working my way through my nearly complete Miles Franklin winners collection of books. See http://anzlitlovers.wordpress.com and select the category Miles Franklin Award.

Apr 23, 04:01PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

dt123

Added — 4 years ago

The 2007 winner. Another grey box!

Jun 21, 06:05PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

chubacca_alpaca

Erm, — 4 years ago

Just want to say that it’s all very lovely for people to go through & change the version of the book listed to whatever it is that takes their fancy &/or guarantees them a good night’s sleep, but it’s not so good for those of us who’ve already ticked off the book versions that were originally listed. WE suddenly find that we’ve apparently read only half the books we thought we’d read.

That can get a bit frustrating.

Mar 05, 05:55AM | 4 comments | Reply to this

cranberrygoddess

if only these lists included boxes for... — 5 years ago

books you have on your shelves but haven’t read yet

books you have started but probably will never finish

books that you thought you had read but actually only saw the movie

books your parents/friends read and told you about

books where you have read another book by that author

some combination of the above…

then i would be at about 15.

as it is, i’m on 0 :S

Feb 12, 08:59PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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