Australian novelist, short story writer and poet David Malouf has been named as this year’s Muriel Spark International Fellow, the Scottish Arts Council announced today.
Malouf, who is the author of 20 works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and drama including the acclaimed novels Johnno (1975) and Harland’s Half Acre (1985), is the second Muriel Spark International Fellow since the fellowship was established in 2004 in memory of the late Scottish author.
Malouf will visit Scotland from mid-September to mid-October, during which time he will appear in a ‘meet the author’ event at the Travers Theatre as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Autumn programme; deliver a public lecture hosted by the University of Edinburgh; give a masterclass to creative writing students at the University of St Andrews and appear in a ‘selected works’ event at the Scottish Poetry Library.
Anticipating his visit, Malouf said: “I look forward, immensely, to being in Scotland for a time and will discover in it, as I have on past occasions, a kind of ‘homecoming.”
Commenting on the Fellowship, Scottish Arts Council Head of Literature Dr Gavin Wallace said:
“The Muriel Spark Fellowship extends and enriches Scotland’s strong traditions of international literary exchange by bringing leading world writers to Scotland to concentrate on their work, and to partake of the life of the literary community and encourage reciprocal inspiration. We are deeply honoured that David Malouf has accepted the 2008 Fellowship. He is truly one of the world’s finest writers, and one with a strong insight into Scottish writing, past and present, and the subtle inter-relations between Scotland and Australia. We have much to learn from his great breadth of achievement and interests, and he will be warmly welcomed.”
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