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Miles Franklin Literary Award won by Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch for her novel The Yield – ABC News
The prestigious $60,000 prize caps off an extraordinary run of success for Winch’s novel The Yield, after it took home three key awards earlier this year.
Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award Australia’s most prestigious writing prize, and one of its richest at $60,000 for her novel The Yield.
Key facts about the award
- The Miles Franklin Award was first awarded in 1957
- It was established in the will of author Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (author of My Brilliant Career)
- It distinguishes a novel “of the highest literary merit” which presents “Australian life in any of its phases”Click here to view the original article.
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