Christopher koch mccain
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Brief Biography
Christopher Koch was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1932 though he now lives in Sydney. He worked as a radio producer for the Australian Broadcasting Commission for more than ten years before leaving that position in 1972 to write full-time.
Christopher Koch has won the Miles Franklin Award on two occasions: in 1985 for The Doubleman and in 1996 for Highways to a War. His novel The Year of Living Dangerously won The Age Book of the Year Award and was successfully filmed.
Bibliography
Novels
The Boys in the Island 1958
Across the Sea Wall 1965
The Boys in the Island 1974 - revised edition
The Year of Living Dangerously 1978
The Doubleman 1985
Highways to a War 1995
Out of Ireland 1999
Poetry
Chinese Journey, 1985 (with Nicholas Hasluck)
Film Adaptations
The Year of Living Dangerously was filmed by Peter Weir in 1983 (from a screenplay by Christopher Koch, Peter Weir and David Williamson) and featured Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Billy Kwan.
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Guide to the Papers of Christopher Koch
The Doubleman Notebooks 2-3,5-7, nd (File 1) - Box 1 (MS Acc13.104)
Notebook 1 and 4 were not included in the papers transferred to the National Library. Published by Angus and Robertson, 1985. Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers.
The Doubleman Notebooks: 8-17, 1978-1979 (File 2-3) - Box 1 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; The entertainerswritten on Notebook 10, The Lord of the dance handwritten on Notebook 11, Folk singer handwritten on covers
The Doubleman: Notebooks 18-28 (File 1) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers; Revision 1 and 2 handwritten on Notebooks 21 and 22
Notebooks 23-28, 1983-1984 (File 2) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
Notes on cast, plot, characters, themes and framework; working title Folk singer handwritten on covers
Highways to a war & Out of Ireland: Notebooks 1-4, 1987-1989 (File 3) - Box 2 (MS Acc13.104)
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Christopher Koch
Australian novelist (1932–2013)
For other people named Christopher Koch, see Christopher Koch (disambiguation).
Christopher John KochAO (16 July 1932 – 23 September 2013) was an Australian novelist, known for his 1978 novel The Year of Living Dangerously, which was adapted into an Academy Award-winningfilm by the same name for which he co-wrote the screenplay. He twice won the Miles Franklin Award (for The Doubleman in 1985 and Highways to a War in 1996). In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his contribution to Australian literature, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater, the University of Tasmania, in 1990.
Early life and education
Koch was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1932. He was educated at Clemes College, St Virgil's College, and Hobart High School and later attended the University of Tasmania.[1] Koch's admission to the university was controversial, with the professorial board refusing to admit him as he had not matriculated with a mathematics subject—however this refusal
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