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Author Profile - David MaloufDavid Malouf was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1934Published 3 March, 2008 David Malouf was born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1934. His father's family came to Australia in the 1880s from Lebanon and his mother's family from London just before World War I. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the University of Queensland. He is the author of short story collections Dream Stuff (2000) and Every Move you Make (2006) and of acclaimed novels including Fly Away Peter, The Great World (1990), winner of the Commonwealth Writers' and Miles Franklin Prizes, and Remembering Babylon (1993), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 
David Malouf signs books at the 2008 Adelaide Writers' Week.
Malouf also writes poetry, drama and libretti for operas. His most recent books are Typewriter Music (poems 2007) and The Complete Stories (2007). He lives in Sydney.
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