Born in Tasmania in 1961, Richard Flanagan is one of Australia’s leading novelists. His novels, Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize), The Unknown Terrorist and Wanting have received numerous honours and been published in 26 countries. His father, who died the day Flanagan finished The Narrow Road to the Deep North, was a survivor of the Burma Death Railway.
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Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Australia, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, History, Aboriginal Australians, Fiction, historical, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, war & military, Fishes in art, Literary, Marine animals in art, Painters, Penal colonies, Prisoners, Prisoners as artists, Prisoners of war, Terrorism, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, 18.05 English literature, Aboriginal Australian Children, Aboriginal Tasmanians, Aboriginal australians, fiction, Alcoholics, Artists, fictionPlaces
Australia, Tasmania, Sydney (N.S.W.), Burma, Franklin River (Tas.), Franklin River Region (Tas.), Great BritainPeople
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Jane Franklin (1791-1875), John Franklin (1786-1847), William Buelow Gould (1803-1853)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL272606A
- ISNI: 0000000121449438
- VIAF: 99138677
- Wikidata: Q1351191
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1351191
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| October 25, 2014 | Edited by Ludovicus | Added author photo, bio |
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