Thomas Keneally
Autor de La lista de Schindler
Sobre El Autor
Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney, Australia on October 7, 1935. Although he initially studied for the Catholic priesthood, he abandoned that idea in 1960, turning to teaching and clerical work before writing and publishing his first novel, The Place at Whitton, in 1964. Since that time he has mostrar más been a full-time writer, aside from the occasional stint as a lecturer or writer-in-residence. He won the Booker Prize in 1982 for Schindler's Ark, which Stephen Spielberg adapted into the film Schindler's List. He won the Miles Franklin Award twice with Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers for the Paraclete. His other fiction books include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, Confederates, The People's Train, Bettany's Book, An Angel in Australia, The Widow and Her Hero, and The Daughters of Mars. His nonfiction works include Searching for Schindler, Three Famines, The Commonwealth of Thieves, The Great Shame, and American Scoundrel. In 1983, he was awarded the order of Australia for his services to Australian Literature. Thomas Keneally is the recipient of the 2015 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. The award, formerly known as the Writers' Emeritus Award, recognises 'the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding and lifelong contribution to Australian literature. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Series
Obras de Thomas Keneally
The Place Where Souls Are Born: A Journey into the American Southwest (Destinations) (1992) 42 copias
Australians 2 copias
1995 1 copia
The Emperor's Last Island 1 copia
Halloran's little boat: A play based on the novel "Bring larks and heroes" (Penguin Australian drama ; 2) (1975) 1 copia
No More Bloody Bundles for Britain: the Post-World War II Tours of the British and French Allies (Tom Brock lecture) (2005) 1 copia
Schindler´s Ark 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Strangers in Their Own Land: Young Jews in Germany and Austria Today (1727) — Preface, algunas ediciones — 62 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Coyle, William
KENEALLY, Thomas Michael
KENEALLY, Thomas - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1935-10-07
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Australia
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Educación
- St Patrick's College, Strathfield
St Patrick's Seminary, Manly - Ocupaciones
- teacher
novelist
playwright
historian - Organizaciones
- Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
- Premios y honores
- Australian Living Treasure
Order of Australia (Officer ∙ 1983)
NSW Premier's Literary Award (2008)
Helmerich Award (2007)
Honorary Doctorate, National University of Ireland
Miembros
Debates
1001 Group Read: November, 2011: Schindler's Ark (aka. Schindler's List) en 1001 Books to read before you die (diciembre 2011)
Reseñas
El arca de Schindler por Thomas Keneally
Oskar Schindler, un hombre de enorme astucia y talento para las relaciones públicas, diseña un ambicioso plan para ganarse la simpatía de los nazis más poderosos. Alemania acaba de invadir Polonia y, gracias a sus influencias, consigue la propiedad de una fábrica de Cracovia. A partir de ese momento, comienza una transformación personal que le lleva a convertirse en una persona totalmente distinta.
A novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and prison campo Direktor Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during WWII.
Schindler es un empresario de éxito que aprovecha las circunstancias ventajosas de la preguerra para ubicar en Polonia su fábrica, contratando a obreros judíos porque resultan mucho más baratos. Oskar se hace rico, pero detesta el régimen nazi para el que suministra sus utensilios de cocina. No entiende ese odio hacia los judíos, y poco a poco se convence de que debe ayudarlos. El punto de inflexión se produce en una de las 'evacuaciones' del ghetto de Cracovia: es testigo del horror, y decide hacer todo lo que esté en su mano por salvar al mayor número de personas posible, aunque se arruine en el proceso. Por eso, figurar en la lista de Schindler significaba estar a salvo, librarse de las garras del Holocausto.… (más)
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (4)
Booker Prize (4)
A Novel Cure (1)
Review 2 (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
1980s (1)
Holocaust (1)
Women in War (2)
1970s (1)
Tagged Doctors (1)
Page Turners (1)
Women's Stories (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 83
- También por
- 23
- Miembros
- 16,987
- Popularidad
- #1,309
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 285
- ISBNs
- 865
- Idiomas
- 27
- Favorito
- 12