 © Marion Ettlinger | | 21,253 (28,435) | 692 | 872 |  (3.67) | 73 | 0 | Peter Carey was born on May 7, 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. His first two books, The Fat Man in History (1974) and War Crimes (1979), were short story collections. His first novel, Bliss, was published in 1982. At the time he was balancing his writing career with the operation of an advertising agency in Sydney, and his books were not generally known outside of Australia. He began to receive international attention when Illywhacker was published in 1985. He won the Booker Prize in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda and in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. His other works include The Tax Inspector, Parrot and Olivier in America, and The Chemistry of Tears. He also won the Miles Franklin Award three times. In 2015 he made the Australian Book Designers Association Award shortlist for his title Amnesia. This title also made the 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards shortlist. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from True History of the Kelly Gang … (more) |
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Peter Carey has 12 past events. (show) NSW Premier’s Awards: Meet the Writers Some of the just-announced winners of the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards as they discuss what it takes to be an award-winning writer, the impact awards have on a writer’s career, and what it feels like to follow in the footsteps of previous winners such as Peter Carey, David Malouf and Helen Garner. (shawjonathan) Peter Carey Peter Carey ( Bliss, Fat Man in History, His Illegal Self, ILLYWHACKER, Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Oscar and Lucinda, Theft, The tax inspector, The unusual life of Tristan Smith, True History of the Kelly Gang, Wrong about Japan, Parrot and Olivier in America, The Chemistry of Tears, Amnesia) Peter Carey is the author of twelve previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for the past twenty years. Peter Carey is represented by Random House Speakers Bureau ( http://www.rhspeakers.com). (added from Random House)… (more) Peter Carey Peter Carey ( Bliss, Fat Man in History, His Illegal Self, ILLYWHACKER, Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Oscar and Lucinda, Theft, The tax inspector, The unusual life of Tristan Smith, True History of the Kelly Gang, Wrong about Japan, Parrot and Olivier in America, The Chemistry of Tears, Amnesia) Peter Carey is the author of twelve previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for the past twenty years. Peter Carey is represented by Random House Speakers Bureau ( http://www.rhspeakers.com). (added from Random House)… (more) Peter Carey Peter Carey ( Bliss, Fat Man in History, His Illegal Self, ILLYWHACKER, Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Oscar and Lucinda, Theft, The tax inspector, The unusual life of Tristan Smith, True History of the Kelly Gang, Wrong about Japan, Parrot and Olivier in America, The Chemistry of Tears, Amnesia) Peter Carey is the author of twelve previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for the past twenty years. Peter Carey is represented by Random House Speakers Bureau ( http://www.rhspeakers.com). (added from Random House)… (more) Peter Carey Peter Carey ( Bliss, Fat Man in History, His Illegal Self, ILLYWHACKER, Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Oscar and Lucinda, Theft, The tax inspector, The unusual life of Tristan Smith, True History of the Kelly Gang, Wrong about Japan, Parrot and Olivier in America, The Chemistry of Tears, Amnesia) Peter Carey is the author of twelve previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for the past twenty years. Peter Carey is represented by Random House Speakers Bureau ( http://www.rhspeakers.com). (added from Random House)… (more)  Free Library of Piladelphia - Stewart O'Nan - West of Sunset - Peter Carey - Amnesia West of Sunset Stewart O'Nan Stewart O’Nan was named one of America’s Best Young Novelists by Granta for his “strangely beautiful” (Los Angeles Times) 1996 debut Snow Angels, which was adapted into a film by David Gordon Green. His acclaimed fiction also includes A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. O’Nan is also the author of two works of nonfiction, a screenplay, and a story collection. His new novel follows F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last years in Hollywood. Amnesia Peter Carey Two-time winner of the prestigious Booker Prize, Peter Carey “has built a distinguished career out of offbeat, risk-taking novels” (Time). His comic, ebullient, richly rendered novels include Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang, and Parrot and Olivier in America. Carey has also won three Miles Franklin Awards, Australia’s highest literary honor. His new novel is a story of incarceration, strained relations with America, and secrets. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Peter Carey Peter Carey ( Bliss, Fat Man in History, His Illegal Self, ILLYWHACKER, Jack Maggs, My Life as a Fake, Oscar and Lucinda, Theft, The tax inspector, The unusual life of Tristan Smith, True History of the Kelly Gang, Wrong about Japan, Parrot and Olivier in America, The Chemistry of Tears, Amnesia) Peter Carey is the author of twelve previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for the past twenty years. Peter Carey is represented by Random House Speakers Bureau ( http://www.rhspeakers.com). (added from Random House)… (more) Literary Freedom Book Group This month we will meet to discuss The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. Location: Street: Auntie's Bookstore/ Mezz Additional: 402 W Main Ave City: Spokane, Province: Washington Postal Code: 99201-0214 Country: United States (added from IndieBound) PETER CAREY Credit: Ashley Gilbertson Peter CareyMonday, May 21, 7:00 p.m. The Chemistry of TearsFrom the two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, a museum conservator, learns of the death of her colleague and lover of thirteen years. As the mistress of a married man, she must keep her grief a secret. She is rescued by the only person who knew of this affair--her boss. It is he who arranges a project that demands she work in isolation. In deep mourning, she will bring back to "life" a nineteenth-century automaton. Usually controlled and rational, but now mad with sorrow, Catherine discovers a series of notebooks written by Henry Brandling, who, in 1854, commissioned the extraordinary, eerie mechanical creature. Henry's is a personal account of his adventures in the wilds of Germany, a diary that brings Catherine unexpected comfort and wonder. But it is the automaton itself, in its beautiful, uncanny imitation of life, that will link Henry and Catherine, as they are confronted with the mysteries of life and death, the miracle and catastrophe of human invention, and the body's astonishing chemistry of love and feeling.
Peter Carey is the author of eleven previous novels and has twice received the Booker Prize. His other honors include the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York City for twenty years.
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Location: Street: 1010 El Camino Real City: Menlo Park, Province: California Postal Code: 94025-4349 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Peter Carey Peter CareyPeter Carey is one of this country’s best-loved and most internationally recognised authors. He has won or been shortlisted for every major literary prize in Australia. His novel A True History of the Kelly Gang won both the Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. His most recent book is Parrot and Olivier in America, which has just been longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Here, he discusses literary fame and fortune, from Bacchus Marsh to New York. Ticket: $20 Concession: $12 (trackbianca)… (more) Event location: BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
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