The Irishman
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The Irishman is a Miles Franklin Award
winning novel by Australia
n author Elizabeth O'Conner
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The novel deals with the experiences of Paddy Doolan, an Irish teamster, and his sons in the Gulf Country
in the north of Australia.
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Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ...
winning novel by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author Elizabeth O'Conner
Elizabeth O'Conner
Elizabeth O'Conner under the name Barbara Lowe is an Australian novelist. Elizabeth O'Conner was born in Dunedoo in New South Wales. After a childhood spent in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, she studied art in Adelaide and Sydney.She married in 1942 and moved to the...
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The novel deals with the experiences of Paddy Doolan, an Irish teamster, and his sons in the Gulf Country
Gulf Country
The Gulf Country is the name given to the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia...
in the north of Australia.
Film Adaptation
In 1978, the book was adapted for the screen in a film of the same name. The film version was written and directed by Donald CrombieDonald Crombie
Donald Crombie is an Australian film and television director. Crombie studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1961 and started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. Crombie has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials. He has...
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