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Author Heseltine, Harry P.

Title The most glittering prize : the Miles Franklin Literary Award 1957-1998 / Harry Heseltine
Published Canberra : Permanent and School of Language, Literature and Communication, University College, UNSW, Australian Defence Force Academy, 2001

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Description xi, 108 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
regular print
Summary Written by one of the longest-serving judges of the prize, this book traces the prize from the death of Miles Franklin in 1954, the surprise she sprang by making provision for the annual prize for the year's best work of fiction that presented 'Australian life in any of its phases'
Bibliography Bibliography: page 108
Subject Australian literature -- 20th century -- Awards.
Literary prizes -- Australia.
Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Miles Franklin Literary Award -- History -- 20th century.
Literary prizes -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Miles Franklin Literary Award -- History.
Literary prizes -- Australia -- History.
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2001391106
ISBN 0731703863
Other Titles Miles Franklin Literary Award, 1957-1998