Winton, Tim

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Birth 1960-08-04
Australians,
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Author. Born in Perth, WA 1960. His first book "An open swimmer" was joint winner 1981 Vogel Award; he won the Miles Franklin Award in 1984 with his second novel "Shallow" and he was finalist for the 1995 Booker Prize with "The riders" (1994). His other books include "Scission" (won 1985 West Australian Council Week Literary Award), "Minimum of two" (1987), "That eye the sky" (1988), "In the winter dark" (1988), "Cloudstreet" (1991), "Land's edge" (1993) and four children's books: "Jesse" (1988), "The bugalugs bum thief" (1991), "Lockie Leonard, human torpedo" (1993) and "Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster" (1993). See "Who's who in Australia" 1993, p. 1360.

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1980-1996. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225840662

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