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- 1979-1981 (Creation)
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17 letters
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David Malouf AO, internationally renowned Australian author, was born in South Brisbane in on 20 March 1934 and is of Lebanese Maronite Catholic, Portuguese Sephardic Jewish and English heritage. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and graduated from the University of Queensland in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts. After graduation, he lived in Europe for nearly ten years (1959 – 1968) and worked as a teacher in London and Birkenhead. He returned to Australia in 1968 and lectured in English at Sydney University from 1968 to 1977. In 1991 he was made Doctor of Letters honoris causa by the University of Queensland, having previously been given an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Sydney in 1988. He has spent much of his career as a professional writer splitting his time between Australia and Italy.
His novels include Johnno (1975), An imaginary life (1978), Remembering Babylon (1993) and Ransom (2009). He has also written several volumes of award-winning poetry and short stories as well as regularly contributing to the national and international press.
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Correspondence to David Malouf regarding the opera Voss:
- Peter Hemmings to Malouf, 1p, 20 Mar 1979
- Peter Hemmings to Malouf, 1p, 23 May 1979
- Tim Curnow (Curtis Brown) to Malouf, 1p, 14 Jun 1979, includes two letters from Peter Hemming to Curnow
- Antony Jeffrey to Malouf, 2p, 17 Aug 1979
- Peter Hemmings to Malouf, 1p, 6 Sep 1979
- Antony Jeffrey to Malouf, 1p, 18 Sep 1979
- Jim Sherman to Malouf, postcard, 8 Oct 1979
- Antony Jeffrey to Malouf, 1p, 13 Oct 1979
- Richard Meale to Malouf, 2p, 13 Oct 1979
- Richard Meale to Malouf, 2p, 16 Jun 1980
- Antony Jeffrey to Malouf, 2p, 8 Jul 1980
- Richard Meale to Malouf, 3p, 14 Mar 1981
- Richard Meale to Malouf, 2p, 11 Aug 1981
- Copy of letter from Moffatt Oxenbould, Artistic Administrator, Australian Opera to Tim Curnow regarding the contract for Voss, 1p, 2 Jun 1983
- Richard Meale to Malouf, 1p, 4 Jul 1983
- Stuart Challender to Malouf, 1p, 22 Apr 1986
- Jim Sharman to Malouf, 4p, 29 Apr 1986
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Unrestricted access.
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- English
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Box 10 Folder 6
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Previously housed in Box 5 Folder 1 (163/I/I) ; and described as Series I.
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Created, Linda Justo, 12-Nov-2021.