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Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. He is one of only five writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee, Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood. [1]
Peter Carey, Australian writer known for featuring the surreal in his short stories and novels. He won the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and for True History of the Kelly Gang. Learn more about Carey’s life and work, including his other notable books.
Enter Peter Carey, our world-renowned novelist and Booker Prize winner based in New York. As a writer, he has been bold and brave before - from his fabulous short fiction in the '70s through to his remodelling of Australian history with Illywhacker and Oscar and Lucinda.
Peter Carey is an Australian author who has won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang.
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Books by Peter Carey. Peter Philip Carey is an award-winning Australian novelist. He has twice won the Booker Prize with Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang.
Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia, in 1943. He studied Science at Monash University, and wrote advertising copy to support himself during the early part of his literary career. Australian identity and historical context play a part in several of his literary works.
Peter Carey on True History of the Kelly Gang: ‘At 56, I wrote what my younger self could not have managed’ Thirty years after discovering an inspirational letter by bushranger Ned Kelly, Carey found the voice for his Booker prize-winning novel
Peter Carey was born in Australia in 1943. He claims his birthplace of Bacchus Marsh had a population of 4,000. This fact should probably be checked. He was educated at the local state school until the age of eleven and then became a boarder at Geelong Grammar School.
Sep 7, 2021 · On September 1, 2021, the American Australian Association hosted a lively conversation with celebrated Australian author and two-time Booker Prize winner, Pe...
