Congratulations to Anna Funder, winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
You can read the judges comments on their selection of Funder’s novel All That I Amhere.
Stella Miles Franklin, author of My Brilliant Career, bequeathed the award in her will in 1954. Patrick White was the first winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Voss. He took home $500. Today Anna Funder will receive $50,000.
Over the years the award has attracted both praise and criticism, but remains a highly sought after prize despite Alex Miller’s suggestions in 2010 that the prize was no longer relevant.
Anna Funder was in outstanding company with a shortlist that included Tony Birch for Blood, Gillian Mears for Foal’s Bread, Frank Moorhouse for Cold Light and Favel Parrett for Past the Shallows. Anna Funder has certainly had a dream run with All That I Am.
Yesterday All That I Am was included in a list of top ten books to read in a lifetime.
You really should read it.
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