D'Alpuget, Blanche (1944–)
D'Alpuget, Blanche (1944–)
Australian novelist and biographer. Name variations: Blanche D'Alpuget. Born Jan 3, 1944, in Sydney, Australia; dau. of Lou d'Alpuget (well-known Sydney journalist); married.
Worked as journalist in Australia and UK; lived in Indonesia and Malaysia and continued to writer for newspapers; novels include Monkeys in the Dark (1980), Turtle Beach (1981), which won the Age Book of the Year Award, and Winter in Jerusalem (1986); biographies include Mediator: A Biography of Sir Richard Kirby (1977) and Robert J. Hawke: A Biography (1982), which won the NSW Premier's Award for nonfiction.
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