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Thomas Keneally at Faculty of Philosophy
University of Novi Sad
22nd June 2009

We have the pleasure of inviting you to the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad where Australian writer Mr Thomas Keneally (the author of Schindler's List ) will do a reading for students and academics.

14.00 Reading at the Kino-sala

About Thomas Keneally

Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, mainly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his success as a novelist, and he was a lecturer at the University of New England (1968-70). He has also written screenplays, memoirs and non-fiction. He is most famous for his Schindler's Ark (1982) (later republished as Schindler's List), which won the Booker Prize and is the basis of the film Schindler's List. Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style.

Keneally has also acted in a handful of films. He had a small role in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (based on his novel) and played Father Marshall in the Fred Schepisi movie, The Devil's Playground (1976).

In 1983 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure.

In March of 2009, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, gave an autographed copy of Keneally's Lincoln biography to President Barack Obama as a state gift.