Michelle de Kretser

Ms Michelle de Kretser

  • Post Nominals: FAHA
  • Fellow Type: Honorary Fellow
  • Elected to the Academy: 2014

Biography

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Australia. She went to university in Melbourne and Paris, and has worked as a literary critic, editor and writer. Her fiction is published across the English-speaking world as well as in translation. She has won numerous literary awards, including the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2013 and 2018. Ms de Kretser has served as a judge for local and international literary prizes, and is an Honorary Associate of the English Department at the University of Sydney.

Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Australian Academy of the Humanities recognises Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the traditional owners and custodians of this land, and their continuous connection to country, community and culture.