Thomas Keneally Quotes


You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing.


Citations

Keneally, Thomas. Interview by Robin Hughes. Australian Biography, Film Australia, 12 Nov. 1999.

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Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally
  • Born: October 7, 1935
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Novelist

Thomas Michael Keneally, AO is a prolific Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is best known for his non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into director Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.