Miles Franklin Award

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The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879 - 1954), who is most well known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (published in 1901) and for bequeathing her estate to fund this award. As of 2006 the award is worth AU$42,000.

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[edit] Winners

1988 - Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement.

[edit] Shortlisted Works

Shortlisted titles are only shown for the years 1987 onwards. No record has yet been found for any shortlists being released prior to that year. Winners are listed in bold type.

2006


2005


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2002


2001


Matthew Kneale's novel is the first by a non-Australian to be shortlisted for the award. Hannie Rayson's, Life after George, is the first play to be shortlisted.

2000


Dorothy Porter's What a Piece of Work is the first verse novel to be shortlisted.

1999


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1989


1988
Date changed from year of publication to year of announcement, so no award was made in this year.

1987


[edit] Longlisted Works

Longlisted titles are only shown for the years 2005 onwards. That was the first year that such a list was released by the judging panel. The number of works included on the longlist varies from year to year.

2007

2006


2005


[edit] References

  • Awards booklist NSW Public Libraries: Reference and Information Services Group
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