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Morris West
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Australian writer (1916-1999)
OverviewAI-generated
Morris West was an Australian writer and novelist who began his work period in 1945. He was born on 26 April 1916 in St Kilda and died on 9 October 1999 in Sydney. West was educated at the University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University. He was a male who spoke English and held the Catholic worldview.
His notable works include The Devil's Advocate and The Shoes of the Fisherman. He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his writing. Other works attributed to him include Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume Three - 1963 - Summer Selections, Advocaat van de duivel, Lazarus, Best Sellers, and Vanishing Point.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, TMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 April 1916
- Died
- 9 October 1999
- Works
- 77
Top works
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume Three - 1963 - Summer Selections
- Advocaat van de duivel
- Lazarus
- Best Sellers
- Vanishing Point
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self1957
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1977-06-08
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10
- Total plays
- 94
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/MORRIS+WEST">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- West
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- St Kilda
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Notable work
- The Shoes of the Fisherman
- Image
- Morris West.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1916-04-26
- date of death
- 1999-10-09
- Commons category
- Morris West
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0