Education
De Kretser was educated at Methodist College, Colombo, and in Melbourne and Paris.
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Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (2-Jan-2014) Paperback
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Questions of Travel: A Novel by Michelle de Kretser (2014-05-13)
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The Hamilton Case: A Novel
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A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade, has "gone native" in a Ceylonese jungle. A proud, Oxford-educated lawyer who unwittingly seals his own professional fate when he dares to solve the sensational Hamilton murder case that has rocked the upper echelons of local society. A young woman who retreats from her family and the world after her infant brother is found suffocated in his crib. These are among the linked lives compellingly portrayed in a novel everywhere hailed for its dazzling grace and savage wit--a spellbinding tale of family and duty, of legacy and identity, a novel that brilliantly probes the ultimate mystery of what makes us who we are.
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The Rose Grower; a Novel of Love and the French Revolution
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Questions of Travel: A Novel
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"It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book."--A.S. Byatt, Guardian Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the globe--exploring the seductive new world of the Internet, his father dead, his mother struggling to get by. Their stories alternate throughout Michelle de Kretser's ravishing novel, culminating in unlikely fates for them both, destinies influenced by travel--voluntary in her case, enforced in his. With money from an inheritance, Laura sets off to see the world, eventually returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of travel guides. There she meets Ravi, now a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. Where do these two disparate characters, and an enthralling array of others, truly belong? With her trademark subtlety, wit, and dazzling prose, Michelle de Kretser shows us that, in the 21st century, they belong wherever they want to and can be--home or away.
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Questions of Travel (By: Michelle de Kretser) published: March, 2013
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The Rose Grower
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Michelle Kretser
Edit ProfileCareer
She worked as an editor for travel guides company Lonely Planet, and while on a sabbatical in 1999, wrote and published her first novel, The Rose Grower. Her third novel, The Lost Dog, was published in 2007. lieutenant was one of 13 books on the long list for the 2008 Manitoba Booker Prize for fiction.
From 1989 to 1992 she was a founding editor of the Australian Women"s Book Review.
lieutenant was also shortlisted for the 2014 Dublin Impac Literary Award.
Achievements
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2004 – Encore Prize for The Hamilton Case 2004 – Commonwealth Writers" Prize, South-East Asia and the Pacific for The Hamilton Case 2005 – Tasmania Pacific Award for The Hamilton Case 2007 – Liberatur Award for The Hamilton Case 2008 – New South Wales Premier"s Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for The Lost Dog 2008 – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Gold Medal for The Lost Dog 2013 – Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel 2013 – Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Gold Medal for Questions of Travel 2013 – Prime Minister"s Literary Fiction Prize for Questions of Travel 2013 – Western Australian Premier"s Book Fiction Prize and Premier"s Prize for Questions of Travel 2014 – New South Wales Premier"s Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for Questions of Travel.
Works
book
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The Hamilton Case: A Novel
(A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of W...)
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Questions of Travel: A Novel
( "It is not really possible to describe, in a short spac...)
- Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser (2-Jan-2014) Paperback
- Questions of Travel: A Novel by Michelle de Kretser (2014-05-13)
- The Rose Grower; a Novel of Love and the French Revolution
- Questions of Travel (By: Michelle de Kretser) published: March, 2013
- The Rose Grower
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The Hamilton Case: A Novel
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Nationality
Australia
Education
Awards
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Miles Franklin Literary Award Booker Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Encore Award; Franklin Award 2004 – Encore Prize for The Hamilton Case 2004 – Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia and the Pacific for The Hamilton Case 2005 – Tasmania Pacific Award for The Hamilton Case 2007 – Liberatur Award for The Hamilton Case 2008 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for The Lost Dog 2008 – ALS Gold Medal for The Lost Dog 2013 – Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel 2013 – ALS Gold Medal for Questions of Travel 2013 – Prime Minister's Literary Fiction Prize for Questions of Travel 2013 – Western Australian Premier's Book Fiction Prize and Premier's Prize for Questions of Travel 2014 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for Questions of Travel The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990.; The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.Miles Franklin Literary Award Booker Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Encore Award; Franklin Award 2004 – Encore Prize for The Hamilton Case 2004 – Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia and the Pacific for The Hamilton Case 2005 – Tasmania Pacific Award for The Hamilton Case 2007 – Liberatur Award for The Hamilton Case 2008 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for The Lost Dog 2008 – ALS Gold Medal for The Lost Dog 2013 – Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel 2013 – ALS Gold Medal for Questions of Travel 2013 – Prime Minister's Literary Fiction Prize for Questions of Travel 2013 – Western Australian Premier's Book Fiction Prize and Premier's Prize for Questions of Travel 2014 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for Questions of Travel The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990.; The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Miles Franklin Literary Award Booker Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Encore Award; Franklin Award 2004 – Encore Prize for The Hamilton Case 2004 – Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia and the Pacific for The Hamilton Case 2005 – Tasmania Pacific Award for The Hamilton Case 2007 – Liberatur Award for The Hamilton Case 2008 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for The Lost Dog 2008 – ALS Gold Medal for The Lost Dog 2013 – Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel 2013 – ALS Gold Medal for Questions of Travel 2013 – Prime Minister's Literary Fiction Prize for Questions of Travel 2013 – Western Australian Premier's Book Fiction Prize and Premier's Prize for Questions of Travel 2014 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for Questions of Travel The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990.; The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.Miles Franklin Literary Award Booker Prize; Commonwealth Writers' Prize; Encore Award; Franklin Award 2004 – Encore Prize for The Hamilton Case 2004 – Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South-East Asia and the Pacific for The Hamilton Case 2005 – Tasmania Pacific Award for The Hamilton Case 2007 – Liberatur Award for The Hamilton Case 2008 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for The Lost Dog 2008 – ALS Gold Medal for The Lost Dog 2013 – Miles Franklin Award for Questions of Travel 2013 – ALS Gold Medal for Questions of Travel 2013 – Prime Minister's Literary Fiction Prize for Questions of Travel 2013 – Western Australian Premier's Book Fiction Prize and Premier's Prize for Questions of Travel 2014 – New South Wales Premier's Literary – Christina Stead Prize for fiction and Book of the Year for Questions of Travel The £10,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990.; The Commonwealth Writers' Prize was a literary award presented by the Commonwealth Foundation, which awarded prizes for established and new writers across the Commonwealth of Nations.