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David Malouf

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David Malouf is the internationally acclaimed author of novels including 'The Great World' (winner of the Commonwealth Writers' prize and the Prix Femina Etranger), 'Remembering Babylon' (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award), 'An Imaginary Life', 'Conversations at Curlow Creek' and his autobiographical classic '12 Edmondstone Street'. His Collected Stories won the 2008 Australia-Asia Literary Award, and his recent story collections are 'Dream Stuff' ('These stories are pearls' Spectator) and 'Every Move You Make' ('Rare and luminous talent' Guardian). In 2008 Malouf was the Scottish Arts' Council Muriel Spark International Fellow.

Born in 1934 in Brisbane, where he was brought up, he lives in Sydney. Malouf was chosen as a finalist for the 2011 Man Booker International Prize.


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Zebra commented on David Malouf's profile  

How wonderful to see David Malouf on the shortlist of the 13 finalists for the 2011 International Man Booker Prize. I thought I'd read most of his works until I looked at his author profile page. The judges are very candid in what they were looking for, genius being one of them and while they didn't expect a writer to display genius in all their works, there had to be at least one work that stood out. LeCarre having withdrawn I do hope Malouf gets a guernsey. There were some other stand outs, although I think Anne Tyler was an interesting choice. I like her books but wouldn't put them in the realm of some of the othe writers on the list.

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