Gerald Murnane: 'Shakespeare is too much of a know-all'
Now in his 80s, the Australian writer has become a favourite to win the Nobel Prize. He talks about his long journey to recognition
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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Nobel favourite Gerald Murnane: 'Shakespeare is too much of a know-all for my liking'
Gerald Murnane is holding up for my inspection a symbol of the erratic nature of his career: one of the few extant copies of his 1995 novel Emerald Blue. “It only sold about 500 copies. The rest were pulped. But because of what’s happened, that’s worth nearly 1,000 [Australian] dollars now,” he says, with pardonable pride.
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Literature: Is Gerald Murnane our most talented writer?
In this thoughtful Monograph, Emmet Stinson considers Gerald Murnane the best writer Australia has produced since Christina Stead.
Source: theage.com.au
Homemade and cosmopolitan, the idiosyncratic writing of Gerald Murnane continues to attract devotees
A new book designed to interest potential and beginning readers also offers plenty of new ideas to interest well-versed Murnanians.
Source: theconversation.com
'A homemade avant garde of one': why is Gerald Murnane revered abroad but divisive in Australia? | Australian books
He is without question the most original and significant Australian author of the last 50 years – no doubt this will be hotly contested
Source: theguardian.com