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Miles Franklin 2018 shortlist: Gerald Murnane gets first nod in 44-year career

Written By Unknown on Sunday, June 17, 2018 | 6:03 AM

Previous winners Michelle de Kretser and Kim Scott have also been shortlisted for the award

Will Gerald Murnane win the 2018 Miles Franklin for his first nomination in a 44-year literary career? That is the question on the lips of the literary community with the announcement of the shortlist for the $60,000 prize on Sunday night.

Murnane, recently described as “the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of”, has been shortlisted for Border Districts, a loosely autobiographical novel based on meditations on history, the narrator’s own past, and the boundary between life and death.

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