Thomas Keneally

1935 -

Country of citizenship: Australia

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: St Patrick's College, Strathfield

Occupation: writer, playwright, novelist, actor, author

Award received: Miles Franklin Literary Award, Booker Prize, Helmerich Award, Australian National Living Treasure, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Officer of the Order of Australia, Colin Roderick Award, Barbara Ramsden Award, Heinemann Award

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Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Source: Wikipedia (en)