Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist and nonfiction writer whose 1982 novel Schindler’s Ark, published in the United States as Schindler’s List, won the Booker Prize.

Schindler’s Ark: Thomas Keneally’s 1982 novel about Oskar Schindler’s efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust. This Booker Prize-winning novel is Keneally’s best-known work.
Sydney: The capital of New South Wales and Australia’s largest city. Keneally was born in Sydney in 1935.
Oskar Schindler: A German industrialist who employed Jewish workers and helped save them from Nazi persecution during the Holocaust. Keneally’s novel centers on Schindler’s wartime rescue efforts.
Schindler’s List: Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel about Oskar Schindler and the Holocaust. The film brought Keneally’s story to a worldwide audience.
Schindler’s Ark title history: The publication history behind the different titles used for Thomas Keneally’s novel in Britain and the United States. The American title matches the later film, while the original title invokes the biblical ark.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith: Thomas Keneally’s 1972 novel about an Aboriginal man confronting racism in colonial Australia. This earlier novel established Keneally’s reputation for confronting Australian history.
New South Wales: An Australian state on the continent’s southeastern coast. Keneally grew up in this state, whose colonial past informs several novels.
Steven Spielberg: An American film director and producer known for films including Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Schindler’s List. Spielberg adapted Keneally’s novel into the 1993 film Schindler’s List.
Book-to-film adaptation: The transformation of a written work into a motion-picture screenplay and film. The novel’s screen version reshaped its title and public reach.
Documentary fiction: Fiction that incorporates documentary sources, real people, or historical events while using novelistic techniques. Keneally based his narrative on interviews and archival material while shaping it as a novel.

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Colleen McCulloughRelated: Keneally is a fellow Australian novelist whose historical fiction reached international audiences.