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25 August 2014

Miles Franklin Literary Award – Every Winner Since 1957

Miles Franklin Literary Award – Every Winner Since 1957

In 1957, the first winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced: Patrick White, for his novel Voss. Over the years, the prize has been awarded to novels describing life in suburbia, compulsive gamblers, Australians abroad – but always true to the terms of Miles Franklin’s will: ‘[the] prize shall be awarded for the Novel for the year which is of the highest literary merit and which must present Australian Life in any of its phases …’.

The list of winners since 1957 includes some of the greatest writers of the past 50 years – often more than once. Thea Astley and Tim Winton share the honour of having received the award four times apiece. http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/

The Eye of the Sheep

Sofie Laguna

The Eye of the Sheep

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All the Birds, Singing

Evie Wyld

All the Birds, Singing

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Questions of Travel

Michelle de Kretser

Questions of Travel

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Anna Funder

All That I Am

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That Deadman Dance

Kim Scott

That Deadman Dance

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Peter Temple

Truth

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Tim Winton

Breath

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The Time We Have Taken

Steven Carroll

The Time We Have Taken

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Alexis Wright

Carpentaria

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The Ballad of Desmond Kale

Roger McDonald

The Ballad of Desmond Kale

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The White Earth

Andrew McGahan

The White Earth

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Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire

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Journey to the Stone Country

Alex Miller

Journey to the Stone Country

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Tim Winton

Dirt Music

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Frank Moorhouse

Dark Palace

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Thea Astley

Drylands

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Kim Scott

Benang

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Murray Bail

Eucalyptus

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Peter Carey

Jack Maggs

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The Glade Within the Grove

David Foster

The Glade Within the Grove

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Highways to a War

Christopher Koch

Highways to a War

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The Hand That Signed the Paper

Helen Darville

The Hand That Signed the Paper

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The Ancestor Game

Alex Miller

The Ancestor Game

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Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

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The Great World

David Malouf

The Great World

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Oscar and Lucinda

Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda

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Dancing on Coral

Glenda Adams

Dancing on Coral

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Elizabeth Jolley

The Well

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Christopher Koch

The Doubleman

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Tim Winton

Shallows

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Rodney Hall

Just Relations

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Peter Carey

Bliss

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A Woman of the Future

David Ireland

A Woman of the Future

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Tirra Lirra by the River

Jessica Anderson

Tirra Lirra by the River

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Swords and Crowns and Rings

Ruth Park

Swords and Crowns and Rings

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The Glass Canoe

David Ireland

The Glass Canoe

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Poor Fellow, My Country

Xavier Herbert

Poor Fellow, My Country

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Thea Astley

The Acolyte

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The Unknown Industrial Prisoner

David Ireland

The Unknown Industrial Prisoner

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Clean Straw for Nothing

George Johnston

Clean Straw for Nothing

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Three Cheers for the Paraclete

Thomas Keneally

Three Cheers for the Paraclete

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Bring Larks and Heroes

Thomas Keneally

Bring Larks and Heroes

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The Slow Natives

Thea Astley

The Slow Natives

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My Brother Jack

George Johnston

My Brother Jack

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Careful, He Might Hear You

Sumner Locke Elliott

Careful, He Might Hear You

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Riders in the Chariot

Patrick White

Riders in the Chariot

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Patrick White

Voss

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