Frank Moorhouse

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Frank Moorhouse was an acclaimed Australian writer and essayist known for his innovative short-story cycles and the Edith trilogy, which explored Australian politics and diplomacy.

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Australian Literature Society Gold Medal ⓘ
Miles Franklin Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-06-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Nowra High School ⓘ
fieldOfWork Australian politics in literature ⓘ
diplomacy in literature ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story cycle ⓘ
hasOccupation public intellectual ⓘ
hasPart Edith Campbell Berry ⓘ
influenced contemporary Australian short fiction ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Australian postmodernism ⓘ
nationality Australian ⓘ
notableIdea linked short-story cycles ⓘ
notableWork Cold Light ⓘ
Conference-ville ⓘ
Dark Palace ⓘ
Edith trilogy ⓘ
Futility and Other Animals ⓘ
Grand Days ⓘ
The Americans, Baby ⓘ
The Electrical Experience ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
partOf Edith trilogy ⓘ
Edith trilogy ⓘ
Edith trilogy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nowra, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
residence Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Australia ⓘ
writingStyle innovative short-story cycles ⓘ
wroteAbout Australian foreign service ⓘ
Canberra political culture ⓘ
League of Nations ⓘ

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Patrick White Award → notableRecipient → Frank Moorhouse ⓘ
The Killing of Angel Street → screenwriter → Frank Moorhouse ⓘ