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Catherine Elizabeth Grenville AO (born 1950) is an Australian author. She has published fifteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, and books about the writing process. In 2001, she won the Orange Prize for The Idea of Perfection, [1] and in 2006 she won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for The Secret River. [2] .
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- Australian
- General fiction, historical fiction, short stories
- Novelist, teacher of creative writing
Kate Grenville ( Sydney, 14 ottobre 1950) è una scrittrice australiana . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Opere. 2.1 Romanzi. 2.2 Racconti. 2.3 Saggi. 3 Televisione. 4 Filmografia. 5 Onorificenze. 6 Note. 7 Altri progetti. 8 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Kate Grenville è nata a Sydney, dove vive e lavora, nel 1950 [1] .
The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people.
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- Kate Grenville
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Kate Grenville, Australian novelist whose works of historical fiction examine class, race, and gender in colonial and contemporary Australia. Her notable works included The Idea of Perfection (1999) and The Secret River (2005). Learn more about Grenville’s life and work.
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The Lieutenant is a historical novel by Kate Grenville, published in 2008. The novel loosely follows historical facts based on the experiences of William Dawes, an officer of the Royal Marines who was on the 1788 First Fleet from England to the New South Wales colony.
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Australian author Kate Grenville is a novelist and writer of non-fiction and short stories. Her first book-length publication was a collection of short stories and is entitled Bearded Ladies (1984). Her work has been well received in Australia since then, but she achieved long overdue international recognition with The Idea of Perfection (1999 ...
Kate Grenville is one of Australia's best-known authors. She's published eight books of fiction and four books about the writing process. Her best-known works are the international best-seller The Secret River, The Idea of Perfection, The Lieutenant and Lilian's Story (details about all Kate Grenville's books are elsewhere on this site).
