Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known...
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The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in...
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My Brilliant Career (category Novels by Miles Franklin)
Career is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin. It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954), one of the major Australian...
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Text Publishing in Australia in 2018. The novel was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2019 and was nominated for the Victorian Premier's Literary...
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Miles Franklin "Frank" Yount (born January 31, 1880, in Monticello, Arkansas, died November 13, 1933, in Beaumont, Texas) eventually came to head up one...
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Miles Franklin Primary School is a primary school in Evatt, Canberra. The school is named after Australian author Miles Franklin and was opened in 1980;...
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Kate Baker (section Miles Franklin collaboration)
publication in 1909 but was later embraced by critics and the public. Miles Franklin incorporated Baker's recollections into the essay "Who Was Joseph Furphy...
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the Miles Franklin and Barbara Jefferis. Animal People was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 2013 and longlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin...
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman...
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Chandran (born 1974/75) is a British-Australian novelist. She won the 2023 Miles Franklin Award with her third novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. Chandran...
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George Johnston (novelist) (category Miles Franklin Award winners)
Marianne, in which he is portrayed by Noah Taylor. Miles Franklin Award for My Brother Jack, 1964 Miles Franklin Award for Clean Straw for Nothing, 1969 The...
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Franklin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Franklin (baseball), baseball player in 1884 A. B. Franklin (born 1948), member of the...
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Australian works include Marcus Clarke (For the Term of His Natural Life), Miles Franklin (My Brilliant Career), Henry Handel Richardson (The Fortunes of Richard...
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by Australian author Favel Parrett. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award. It has been published in Australia, the UK, the US, Germany and...
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Praiseworthy (novel) (category Miles Franklin Award–winning works)
Literary Awards' Fiction Book Award, 2024 ALS Gold Medal, the 2024 Miles Franklin Award, and the 2024 Stella Prize. It also drew increased international...
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Oscar and Lucinda (category Miles Franklin Award–winning works)
It won the 1988 Booker Prize the year it was released, and the 1989 Miles Franklin Award. It was shortlisted in 2008 for The Best of the Booker, in celebration...
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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (category Miles Franklin Award–winning works)
by Ultimo Press in Australia in 2022. It was the winner of the 2023 Miles Franklin Award. The Cinnamon Gardens of the title is a nursing home in Sydney...
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Alexis Wright (category Miles Franklin Award winners)
a Waanyi (Aboriginal Australian) writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria and for being the first writer...
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Australian Book Industry Awards – Australian Book of the Year, 2019, winner Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2019, longlisted Australian Booksellers Association...
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Franklin is a city in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 23,712 at the 2010 census. Located about 20 miles (32 km) south of Indianapolis...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving...
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Neill, and Wendy Hughes. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, it follows a young woman in rural, late-19th-century Australia whose...
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Tim Winton (category Miles Franklin Award winners)
Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times. Timothy John Winton was born on 4 August 1960 in Subiaco...
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My Career Goes Bung (category Novels by Miles Franklin)
Penelope Melvyn is a satirical novel by Australian author Stella "Miles" Franklin, and the sequel to her widely acclaimed debut novel, My Brilliant Career...
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Helen Dale (category Miles Franklin Award winners)
unpublished manuscript. Dale published her book in 1994 and won the Miles Franklin Award, becoming the award's youngest winner. The following year, she...
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leading east 2 miles (3 km) to the center of Royston and southwest 28 miles (45 km) to Athens. Carnesville, the Franklin County seat, is 9 miles (14 km) to...
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Aretha Louise Franklin (/əˈriːθə/ ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Queen of...
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The Great Fire (Hazzard novel) (category Miles Franklin Award–winning works)
Shirley Hazzard. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction and a Miles Franklin literary award (2004). The novel was Hazzard's first since The Transit...
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Melissa Lucashenko (category Miles Franklin Award winners)
Below Sight: Down and Out in Brisbane and Logan. In 2019, she won the Miles Franklin Award for Too Much Lip. Melissa Lucashenko was born in 1967 in Brisbane...
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from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023. "Awards: Miles Franklin; Locus; PubWest Book Design; Etc". Shelf Awareness. 21 April 2010. Archived...
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