Richard Flanagan
Richard Flanagan | |
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| Born | Richard Miller Flanagan 1961 (age 63–64) |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania Worcester College, Oxford |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Majda Smolej |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Martin Flanagan (brother) |
| Awards | Man Booker Prize |
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Question 7, making him the first writer in history to win both Britain's major fiction and non-fiction prizes.
Flanagan was described by the Washington Post as "one of our greatest living novelists".
"[C]onsidered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation", according to The Economist, the New York Review of Books described Flanagan as "among the most versatile writers in the English language".
He has also worked as a film director and screenwriter.