Alex Miller | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Alex_Miller_at_Vassar_College_2013.jpg) Alex Miller at Vassar College, New York, 2013 | |
| Born | Alexander McPhee Miller 27 December 1936 London, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1975–present |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Notable works | The Ancestor Game, Journey to the Stone Country, Lovesong |
| Notable awards | Miles Franklin Award 1993, 2003 |
Alexander McPhee Miller (born 27 December 1936) is an Australian novelist.[1] Miller is twice winner of the Miles Franklin Award, in 1993 for The Ancestor Game and in 2003 for Journey to the Stone Country.[2] He won the overall award for the Commonwealth Writer's Prize for The Ancestor Game in 1993. He is twice winner of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Conditions of Faith in 2001 and for Lovesong in 2011. In recognition of his impressive body of work and in particular for his novel Autumn Laing he was awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature in 2012.[3]
- ^ Dixon, R, (Ed), 2012, 'The Novels of Alex Miller, An Introduction', Allen & Unwin, Sydney.
- ^ "Archived item". Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Melbourne Prize Trust » Literature".