Thomas Keneally
Autore di La lista di Schindler
Sull'Autore
Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney, Australia on October 7, 1935. Although he initially studied for the Catholic priesthood, he abandoned that idea in 1960, turning to teaching and clerical work before writing and publishing his first novel, The Place at Whitton, in 1964. Since that time he has mostra altro been a full-time writer, aside from the occasional stint as a lecturer or writer-in-residence. He won the Booker Prize in 1982 for Schindler's Ark, which Stephen Spielberg adapted into the film Schindler's List. He won the Miles Franklin Award twice with Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete. His other fiction books include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, Confederates, The People's Train, Bettany's Book, An Angel in Australia, The Widow and Her Hero, and The Daughters of Mars. His nonfiction works include Searching for Schindler, Three Famines, The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame, and American Scoundrel. In 1983, he was awarded the order of Australia for his services to Australian Literature. Thomas Keneally is the recipient of the 2015 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award, formerly known as the Writers' Emeritus Award, recognises 'the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding and lifelong contribution to Australian literature. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Thomas Keneally
The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World (1998) 734 copie, 10 recensioni
The Place Where Souls Are Born: A Journey into the American Southwest (Destinations) (1992) 44 copie
Australians 2 copie
1995 1 copia
The Emperor's Last Island 1 copia
Halloran's little boat: A play based on the novel "Bring larks and heroes" (Penguin Australian drama ; 2) (1975) 1 copia
No More Bloody Bundles for Britain: the Post-World War II Tours of the British and French Allies (Tom Brock lecture) (2005) 1 copia
Schindler´s Ark 1 copia
Opere correlate
Strangers in Their Own Land: Young Jews in Germany and Austria Today (1986) — Preface, alcune edizioni — 63 copie
Oskar Schindler: The man behind the list (A&E Biography)[1994 TV episode] (1998) — Self — 2 copie, 1 recensione
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Coyle, William
KENEALLY, Thomas Michael
KENEALLY, Thomas - Data di nascita
- 1935-10-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Australia
- Luogo di nascita
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Istruzione
- St Patrick's College, Strathfield
St Patrick's Seminary, Manly - Attività lavorative
- teacher
novelist
playwright
historian - Organizzazioni
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Australian Living Treasure
Order of Australia (Officer ∙ 1983)
NSW Premier's Literary Award (2008)
Helmerich Award (2007)
Honorary Doctorate, National University of Ireland
Utenti
Discussioni
1001 Group Read: November, 2011: Schindler's Ark (aka. Schindler's List) in 1001 Books to read before you die (Dicembre 2011)
Recensioni
Liste
THE WAR ROOM (4)
Booker Prize (4)
Big Jubilee List (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Review 2 (1)
1980s (1)
Holocaust (1)
Women in War (2)
1970s (1)
Tagged Doctors (1)
Page Turners (1)
Women's Stories (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 83
- Opere correlate
- 23
- Utenti
- 17,123
- Popolarità
- #1,299
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 285
- ISBN
- 873
- Lingue
- 28
- Preferito da
- 12
Sulla storia, niente da dire, naturalmente: Oscar Schindler e sua moglie Emilie figurano tra i Giusti tra le nazioni per aver salvato un migliaio di persone ebree dalla Shoah, usando i loro agganci e le loro risorse, senza risparmiarsi e senza mai rassegnarsi all’orrore e alla crudeltà gratuita.
Sullo stile con il quale Keneally ha raccontato la storia, devo dire che in alcuni punti mi è sembrato meno appassionante, nonostante le vicende narrate siano così significative. Penso di essere rimasta infastidita dal fatto che si tratta di un non-fiction novel, mentre avrei preferito leggere un non-fiction ‘puro’ – per così dire – che nella mia testa sarebbe stato più adatto per questa storia. Giusto nella mia testa, visto che La lista di Schindler ha vinto il Booker Prize nel 1982: deve essere colpa del mio potente amore per la saggistica.… (altro)