Darville claimed to be of Ukrainian descent and said it was fiction based on family history. ġ995 winner Helen Darville, also known as Helen Demidenko and Helen Dale, won for The Hand That Signed the Paper and sparked a debate about authenticity in Australian literature. Winners Yearĭate changed from year of publication to year of announcement.Īuthor Frank Moorhouse was disqualified from consideration for his novel Grand Days because the story was set in Europe during the 1920s and was not sufficiently Australian. As of 2016, the award is valued at A$60,000. She bequeathed her estate to fund this award. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–1954), who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career (1901). The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". A novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases
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