Miles Franklin | |
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 Franklin, c.1940s | |
| Born | Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin 14 October 1879 Talbingo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 19 September 1954 (aged 74) Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | Brent of Bin Bin, An Old Bachelor, Vernacular, Ogniblat, Mr and Mrs Ogniblat L'Artsau |
| Known for | Novelist, writer, feminist |
| Website | http://www.milesfranklin.com.au/ |
Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954),[1] known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.
She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major annual prize for literature about "Australian Life in any of its phases",[2] the Miles Franklin Award. Her impact was further recognised in 2013 with the creation of the Stella Prize, awarded annually for the best work of literature by an Australian woman.[3]
- ^ "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954) by Jill Roe". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "History of the Award". www.milesfranklin.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "About the Stella Prize". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.