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Richard Flanagan

Australian Novelist

Born: 1961

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There's always been something deeply disturbing about the Abbott government's attitude to women. Richard Flanagan

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Writing my novel 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North,' I came to conclude that great crimes like the Death Railway did not begin with the first beating or murder on that grim line of horror in 1943. Richard Flanagan

Rainer Maria Rilke was admittedly not a Dockers tagger, but a sort of European equivalent: a German poet - in many respects, a charlatan masquerading as a genius who turned out to be a genius. Richard Flanagan

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The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles. Richard Flanagan

Man Long Before Extraordinary Civilisation Reached Existed Modern Modern Man British

Everything about The Bradshaws is controversial, fluid, uncertain: their age - perhaps 30,000 years old, perhaps older, perhaps more recent - who painted them, what they mean. Richard Flanagan

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Black Saturday reminded many Australians of what they know only too well: that of all the advanced economies, Australia is perhaps the one most vulnerable to climate change. Richard Flanagan

Change Black Too Only Advanced Reminded Economies Perhaps Know Most Well Vulnerable Climate Climate Change Australia Australians Many Saturday

A Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who does believe in climate change, nevertheless advised her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, to abandon his emissions trading scheme. Richard Flanagan

It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia. Richard Flanagan

Death Strange Chapter Final Australia Labor May Tax Carbon

For much of the latter part of the 20th century, Australia seemed to be opening up to something large and good. It believed itself a generous country, the land of the 'fair go.' Richard Flanagan

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What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness. Richard Flanagan

Together Mysterious Shared Bound Supposedly Identity Commonwealth

Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled our screens, and in consequence, England seemed to matter in a way that our world didn't. Richard Flanagan

Buy You Youth Culture World Matter Our Books Way Television Our World Relentlessly Seemed Could Through Were Imposed Screens Us England English Filled Consequence

I went to study at Oxford University in the 1980s on an imperial scholarship instituted by Cecil Rhodes. Richard Flanagan

Imperial Scholarship Study Instituted Cecil Oxford University

The number of those identifying as Aborigine in Tasmania rapidly rose in the late 20th century. Richard Flanagan

Rose Late Those Rapidly Identifying Century Number

The survival of extraordinary creatures such as the giant Tasmanian freshwater crayfish - the largest in the world - is in doubt because of logging. Richard Flanagan

Survival World Doubt Extraordinary Giant Because Creatures Largest

Within white Australia, there was a growing movement for what was known as reconciliation - a movement that peaked with millions marching in 2000 to demand the government say sorry for past injustices. Richard Flanagan

Government Sorry Past White Say Reconciliation Demand Known Within Australia Movement Growing Injustices Marching Peaked Millions

In Australia, the Man Booker is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle. Richard Flanagan

Man Sometimes Seen Something Australia Chicken

My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food. Richard Flanagan

Food Ancestors Van Stealing Came Land

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world. Richard Flanagan

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Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. Richard Flanagan

Winner Books Significant Generally Around Discussion Prizes Literary Create Who

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