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Frank Moorhouse: two biographies reckon with a literary life and legacy

Eighteen months after the Australian writer’s death, his early work, activism and personal life are revealed in two complementary titles

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2023

Friday essay: 'when the facts conflict with the legend' – how does a biographer balance storytelling with the truth?

In October 1975, at a talk in Wollongong, Frank Moorhouse discussed the first project for which he deliberately undertook archival and historical research – a feature film called Between Wars. This process would become integral to Frank’s work.

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2023

Friday essay: homosexuality was still illegal when Frank Moorhouse started writing – but it was there from his earliest fiction

Frank Moorhouse had been having sex with men since the age of 17 but did not openly identify as gay or bisexual.

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2023

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‘Lyrical’, ‘weird’, ‘delicious fun’: the best Australian books out in September

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2023

‘Way too much information, Frank’: I wanted to be Frank Moorhouse. Instead I became his biographer

Writing about the acclaimed author, Catharine Lumby got to pore over his letters, receipts, even his sex life. Not everything she found made it in

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2023

How novelist Frank Moorhouse's high thread-count writing challenged and changed Australia

Over his unique career as a novelist, essayist and tender custodian of this nation's unmentionables drawer, Frank Moorhouse was drawn ineluctably to things that others avoided, writes Annabel Crabb.

ABC News · Jul 13, 2022

Australian author and essayist Frank Moorhouse dies aged 83

Australian author and essayist Frank Moorhouse has died over the weekend at the age of 83. He penned 18 books over his long and illustrious career, and won the Miles Franklin award for his book Dark Palace, the second book in the Edith Trilogy.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

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The literary life of Frank Moorhouse, a giant of Australian letters

Frank Moorhouse, who died in Sydney on Sunday, made a significant and multi-faceted contribution to Australia’s literary life.

The Conversation · Jun 27, 2022

Frank Moorhouse, Australian author and essayist, dies aged 83

Admirers pay tribute to writer best known for the Edith trilogy after death in Sydney hospital

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2022

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