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Peter Carey
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OverviewAI-generated
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian writer, novelist, screenwriter, and university teacher. Born on 7 May 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, he speaks Australian English and English. His notable works include *Oscar and Lucinda* and *True History of the Kelly Gang*. Carey has received the Booker Prize, Miles Franklin Literary Award, and Ditmar Award. He is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Carey began his work period in 1964 and writes in English. He was educated at Monash University and has been employed by Hunter College. His field of work includes prose and creative writing.
Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 177
Top works
- Theft
- De Sortibus
- Illywhacker
- Sydney Hi' de'0' - US
- Data Protection
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-03-27
Discography
- My All EP/Single
- Mariah Carey1990
- Emotions1991
- Music Box1993
- Merry Christmas1994
- Daydream1995
- Butterfly1997
- my all EP1998
- Rainbow1999
- Charmbracelet2002
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 79
- Total plays
- 1,133
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Carey">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 87,489x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,834x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,569x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,951x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,633x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Peter Philip Carey , ( 1943-05-07 ) 7 May 1943 (age 83) , Bacchus Marsh , Victoria , Australia
- Occupation
- Novelist , creative writing teacher
- Period
- 1974–present
- Notable works
- True History of the Kelly Gang , Oscar and Lucinda , Bliss
- Notable awards
- Booker Prize , 1988, 2001
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Bacchus Marsh
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Educated at
- Monash University
- Employer
- Hunter College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- True History of the Kelly Gang
- Field of work
- creative writing
- Official website
- www.petercareybooks.com
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-05-07
- birth name
- Peter Philip Carey
- ethnic group
- Australians
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Peter Carey
- different from
- Peter Carey
- nominated for
- World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Philip Carey (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
He is one of only five writers to have won the Booker Prize twice — the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee, Hilary Mantel and Margaret Atwood. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988, for Oscar and Lucinda, and won his second Booker Prize in 2001, for True History of the Kelly Gang. In May 2008, he was nominated for the Best of the Booker Prize.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Carey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.