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Tim Winton is an Australian writer who has won the Miles Franklin Award four times and is a Living Treasure. He is known for his novels, children's books, non-fiction and short stories, inspired by his love of Western Australia's landscape and culture.
Jul 31, 2024 · Learn about Tim Winton, an Australian author of novels and children's books that reflect his country's landscape and culture. Find out his awards, influences, and recent news.
Learn about Tim Winton, the author of 30 books, including bestsellers such as Breath, Cloudstreet and The Riders. Find out his upcoming events in 2024 across Australia and his latest books.
Learn about Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-known writers, who has won several prestigious prizes and adapted his novels for stage and screen. Explore his books for adults and children, set in his familiar landscapes of Western Australia, and his environmental and social themes.
- Perth, Western Australia
- Picador
- 'The Wrong Side of The Wrong Country'
- Pleasure and Pain
- Writing and The Environment
The run of successes in Winton's career is the stuff of only the most fanciful of imaginations. At 21 he won the Vogel's Literary Award for his first book, An Open Swimmer. Three years later he won his first Miles Franklin Literary Award for Shallows (he's won the Miles four times to date, and shares the record for the most wins with the late Thea ...
Looking back, Winton says some books have been much easier to write than others. Blueback, a heartbreaking allegory about a boy, his mother and a blue groper, was written "inside a business week," Winton says. "That book just slipped out," he says. "It was a lovely experience to write. There was almost no rewriting, it just came out formed." Perhap...
Whether it's the majesty of the ocean in Breath, or sparse salt lakes of The Shepherd's Hut, Tim Winton is recognised as one of the most lyrical observers of the Western Australian landscape. His love for the natural world is echoed in his conservation work. Between 2000 and 2003, he was famously instrumental in the campaign to save Ningaloo Reef f...
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Tim Winton is an award-winning Australian novelist who writes for adults and children. Explore his books, ratings, reviews, quotes and series on Goodreads.
Tim Winton has 86 books on Goodreads with 215606 ratings. Tim Winton’s most popular book is Cloudstreet.
