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Praiseworthy makes history: Alexis Wright is the first author to win the Miles Franklin and the Stella Prize for one book

Waanyi writer Alexis Wright and her magnum opus Praiseworthy have made history by winning this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. She’s now the first writer to win the Miles Franklin and The Stella Prize (both national literary prizes) for the same work.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2024

‘Perhaps the great Australian novel’: Alexis Wright wins Stella prize for second time with Praiseworthy

The 73-year-old has won the $60,000 prize for Australian female and non-binary writers for her ‘genre-bending’ 736-page novel

The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2024

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright review – an Australian epic

Fake news, fascists and firestorms in a brilliant satire about the wresting of identity from Indigenous people

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2023