Michelle de Kretser
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Michelle de Kretser (born circa 1958) is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka but moved to Australia when she was 14.[1]
She was educated in Melbourne and Paris, and published her first novel, The Rose Grower in 1999. Her second novel, published in 2003, The Hamilton Case was winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (UK) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). The Lost Dog was published in 2007. From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the Australian Women's Book Review.
[edit] Works
- The Rose Grower (Allen & Unwin, 1999) ISBN 009184049x
- The Hamilton Case (Allen & Unwin, 2003) ISBN 1740511972
- The Lost Dog (Allen and Unwin, 2007) ISBN 978174753394
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | De Krester, Michelle |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | circa 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sri Lanka |
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