Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally

Keneally in 2012
Keneally in 2012
BornThomas Michael Keneally
(1935-10-07) 7 October 1935 (age 89)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationNovelist
Notable awardsBooker Prize
SpouseJudy Martin (m. 1965)
Children2

Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935)[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Thomas Keneally". Britannica. Retrieved 16 February 2024.