Key facts
- Born
- Richard Miller Flanagan , 1961 (age 64 – 65), Longford , Tasmania , Australia
- Alma mater
- University of Tasmania , Worcester College, Oxford
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Spouse
- Majda Smolej
- Relatives
- Martin Flanagan (brother)
- Awards
- Man Booker Prize
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Flanagan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Longford
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Worcester College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- richardflanagan.com
- Image
- RichardFlanagan 300w.jpg
- Residence
- Tasmania
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- date of birth
- 1961-01-01
- nominated for
- Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Commons category
- Richard Flanagan
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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. "Considered by many to be the finest Australian novelist of his generation" according to The Economist, Flanagan has also worked as a film director and screenwriter.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richard Flanagan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.