Miles Franklin Literary Award
2 appearances
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Edition 27 (1985) Winner
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Edition 37 (1996) Winner
Christopher John Koch
クリストファー・ジョン・コッホ
Kurisutofā Jon Koccho
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-07-16 （Hobart, Tasmania, Australia）
- Died
- 2013-09-23 （Hobart, Tasmania, Australia） age 81
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia → Sydney, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist, Radio producer
- Active Years
- 1958-2012
- Affiliations
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), UNESCO
- Influenced By
- Ken Kesey
- Nominations
- Miles Franklin Award 2008 (The Memory Room) longlisted, International Dublin Literary Award 2009 (The Memory Room) longlisted, ALS Gold Medal 2013 (Lost Voices) shortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2013 Fiction (Lost Voices) shortlisted, Queensland Literary Awards 2013 Fiction (Lost Voices) shortlisted
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tasmania | — | Arts | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 1950-1954 | Australia |
| Clemes College | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| St Virgil's College | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| Hobart High School | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| Stanford University | — | Literature | — | 1960年代初頭 | United States |
University of Tasmania
Arts
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Period:
1950-1954
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
Australia
Admission was controversial
Clemes College
Country:
Australia
Hobart
St Virgil's College
Country:
Australia
Hobart
Hobart High School
Country:
Australia
Stanford University
Literature
Period:
1960年代初頭
Country:
United States
Writing fellowship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Miles Franklin Award | The Doubleman | — | Miles Franklin Literary Award Trust | Won |
| 1996 | Miles Franklin Award | Highways to a War | — | Miles Franklin Literary Award Trust | Won |
| 1995 | Officer of the Order of Australia | service to Australian literature | — | Australian Government | Awarded |
| 1990 | Honorary Doctor of Letters | — | — | University of Tasmania | Awarded |
| 1978 | The Age Book of the Year Awards | The Year of Living Dangerously | Book of the Year | The Age | Won |
| 1978 | The Age Book of the Year Awards | The Year of Living Dangerously | Imaginative Writing (Fiction) | The Age | Won |
| 1979 | National Book Council Award for Australian Literature | The Year of Living Dangerously | — | — | Won |
| 1999 | Colin Roderick Award | Out of Ireland | — | James Cook University | Won |
| 2000 | Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction | Out of Ireland | — | — | Won |
| 2008 | Nib Literary Award | The Memory Room | — | Waverley Council | Won |
Miles Franklin Award
1985
Work:
The Doubleman
Organization:
Miles Franklin Literary Award Trust
Result:
Won
Miles Franklin Award
1996
Work:
Highways to a War
Organization:
Miles Franklin Literary Award Trust
Result:
Won
Officer of the Order of Australia
1995
Work:
service to Australian literature
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
Awarded
Honorary Doctor of Letters
1990
Organization:
University of Tasmania
Result:
Awarded
The Age Book of the Year Awards
1978
Work:
The Year of Living Dangerously
Category:
Book of the Year
Organization:
The Age
Result:
Won
The Age Book of the Year Awards
1978
Work:
The Year of Living Dangerously
Category:
Imaginative Writing (Fiction)
Organization:
The Age
Result:
Won
National Book Council Award for Australian Literature
1979
Work:
The Year of Living Dangerously
Result:
Won
Colin Roderick Award
1999
Work:
Out of Ireland
Organization:
James Cook University
Result:
Won
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
2000
Work:
Out of Ireland
Result:
Won
Nib Literary Award
2008
Work:
The Memory Room
Organization:
Waverley Council
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Year of Living Dangerously
1978 NovelA novel set in Jakarta during the fall of Sukarno, about a journalist. Adapted into an Academy Award-winning film by Peter Weir.
Political upheavalJournalismIndonesia
Adaptations
- [Film] The Year of Living Dangerously / Peter Weir (1982)
The Doubleman
1985 NovelMiles Franklin Award winner.
Highways to a War
1995 NovelMiles Franklin Award winner.
The Boys in the Island
1958 NovelDebut novel.
Bibliography
- The Boys in the Island (1958)
- Across the Sea Wall (1965)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1978)
- The Doubleman (1985)
- Crossing the Gap: a novelist's essays (1993)
- Highways to a War (1995)
- Out of Ireland (1999)
- The Many-Coloured Land: A Return to Ireland (2002)
- The Memory Room (2007)
- Lost Voices (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed political narrativesRealism
- Recurring Motifs
- Political changeIdentityExotic locales
Health
-
Cancer2012-2013Led to his death
Legacy
Prominent Australian novelist known for The Year of Living Dangerously, winner of Miles Franklin Award twice. Contributed significantly to Australian literature.
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation The Year of Living Dangerously won Academy Award
Trivia
- Son Gareth Koch is a classical guitarist
- Brother Philip Koch was an ABC reporter in Indonesia
- Controversial admission to University of Tasmania due to lacking mathematics