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Thomas Keneally


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in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
October 07, 1935

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Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982, which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Often published under the name Tom Keneally in Australia.

Life and Career:

Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, Manly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his succe
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Quotes by Thomas Keneally  (?)
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“Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.”
Thomas Keneally, Schindler’s List

“Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't”
Thomas Keneally

“The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.”
Thomas Keneally, Schindler’s List

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2016 suggestion category 12. I have only watched the Movie! A book adapted for the silver screen, you have seen the movie but not read the book.

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  8 votes, 38.1%

Atonement by Ian McEwan Atonement by Ian McEwan
 
  5 votes, 23.8%

Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
 
  4 votes, 19.0%

The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
 
  3 votes, 14.3%

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