biography
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Franklin, (Stella Maria Sarah) Miles
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pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin
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| (1879–1954)
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| Novelist, born in Talbingo, New South Wales, SE Australia. A freelance writer in Sydney and Melbourne, she emigrated in 1906 to the USA, and remained abroad, living in England and America, until 1933. Her best-known novel, My Brilliant Career (1901, filmed 1979), was described as ‘the very first Australian novel’ on account of its original and distinctive Australian character. Its sequel, My Career Goes Bung, written soon afterwards, was not published until 1946. Other novels include Some Everyday Folk - and Dawn (1909), Bring the Monkey (1933), and All That Swagger (1936). The annual Miles Franklin Awards are now among Australia's most prestigious literary prizes. |
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