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'Internationally, Thomas Keneally is one of Australia’s most successful authors, whether in terms of critical reception, book sales, or author profile. He is probably best known as the author of Schindler’s List from 1982—Schindler’s Ark in Britain and Australasia—even if his fame in this regard has been somewhat obscured by Stephen Spielberg’s multi-Oscar-winning movie of 1993. The story of how Keneally came to write this book and its subsequent success is one of the more remarkable episodes in Australian book history, and of course it is by no means confined to Australia, its point of origin only in a very qualified sense. Published simultaneously in London, New York, and Sydney, Schindler’s List appeared in at least eight different English-language and fourteen foreign-language editions even before the release of Spielberg’s movie. It won the Booker Prize for 1982, the first by an Australian novelist, although Keneally had already been short-listed for the award on three occasions. Across the Atlantic, it was one of the New York Times ’ Best Books of 1982, and in the following year the winner of the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize. The movie’s success meant new English and American editions together with a dozen or so translations in 1994 alone, including Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, and Catalan versions. New Czech and Marathi editions appeared as recently as 2009.' (Author's introduction)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Schindler's Ark 1982 single work novel
- A Dutiful Daughter 1971 single work novel
- Homebush Boy : A Memoir 1995 single work autobiography
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1972 single work novel
- Gossip from the Forest 1975 single work novel
- Confederates 1979 single work novel
- Three Cheers for the Paraclete 1968 single work novel
- Blood Red, Sister Rose 1974 single work novel
- Bring Larks and Heroes 1967 single work novel
- The Place at Whitton 1964 single work novel
- The Great Shame : A Story of the Irish in the Old World and the New 1998 single work prose