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OzCo emeritus awards for Koch and MurnaneThe Australia Council's annual accolade for writers over 65, the $50,000 writers' emeritus award, will be shared by Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane.Published 13 February, 2008 The Australia Council's annual accolade for writers over 65, the $50,000 writers' emeritus award, will be shared by Christopher Koch and Gerald Murnane. Literature board chair Imre Salusinszky paid tribute to both novelists for ‘chang(ing) the face of Australian writing through the breadth of their respective imaginations.' This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker
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