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Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 1879 β 19 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.
She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers' organisations. She has had a long-lasting impact on Australian literary life through her endowment of a major annual prize for literature about "Australian Life in any of its phases", the Miles Franklin Award. Her impact was further recognised in 2013 with the creation of the Stella Prize, awarded annually for the best work of literature by an Australian woman.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1879-10-14
Deathday1954-09-19 (74 years old)
Birth NameStella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin
Birth PlaceTalbingo, Australia
CitizenshipsAustralia
ResidencesUnited States of America, United States of America, New South Wales, Australia
AwardsVictorian Honour Roll of Women
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