Murray Bail
Murray Bail | |
|---|---|
Bail in 2013 | |
| Born | 22 September 1941 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse |
Margaret Bail
(m. 1965; div. 1988) |
Murray Bail (born 22 September 1941) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel Homesickness.
He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, a son of Cyril Lindsay Bail (1914–1966). He has lived most of his life in Australia except for sojourns in India (1968–70), England and Europe (1970–74). He lives in Sydney.
He was trustee of the National Gallery of Australia from 1976 to 1981 and wrote a book on Australian artist Ian Fairweather.
A portrait of Bail by the artist Fred Williams is hung in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The portrait was done while both Williams and Bail were Council members of the National Gallery of Australia.