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Nume: Peter Carey
Data nasterii: 7 mai 1943
Locul nasterii: Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Website: http://petercareybooks.com/
Biografie: Scriitorul Peter Carey isi face studiile stiintifice la Monash University, apoi lucreaza in publicitate. Debuteaza cu doua volume de povestiri: War Crimes (1979) si The Fat Man in History (1980). Urmeaza apoi o serie de romane: Bliss (1981, distins cu Australian National Book Council Award), Illywhacker (1985, nominalizat la Booker Prize si la World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, castigator al Ditmar Award for Best Australian Science Fiction Novel in 1986), Oscar and Lucinda (1988, Booker Prize for Fiction), The Tax Inspector (1991), The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994), Jack Maggs (1997, Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1998), The True History of the Kelly Gang (2001, al doilea Booker Prize), My Life as a Fake (2003), Furtul. O poveste de iubire (Theft: A Love Story, 2006), Viata mea clandestina (His Illegal Self, 2008) si Parrot and Olivier in America (2009). Peter Carey semneaza, de asemenea, scenariul filmului Until the End of the World, regizat de Wim Wenders. A publicat o carte pentru copii, The Big Bazoohley (1995), si doua volume de eseuri: 30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account (2001) si Wrong about Japan (2005). Peter Carey este cel mai important scriitor australian, detinator a peste douazeci si cinci de premii si distinctii literare. I s-au acordat trei titluri de onoare: Fellow al Royal Society of Literature, al Australian Academy of Humanities si al American Academy of Arts and Sciences. in prezent preda creative writing la New York University.

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