# Gerald Murnane
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gerald murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel The Plains (1982). The New York Times, in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of".
== Early life ==
Murnane was born in Coburg, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of Victoria.
THE CONFAB WITH MICHAEL G IN CONVERSATION WITH LUKE JOHNSON
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The Work of Gerald Murnane with Bryan Counter
We discuss Gerald Murnane's short story, Emerald Blue, from the Stream Systems collection. We also talk about "Words And Silk: The Imaginary and Real Worlds of Gerald Murnane" the 1989 experimental film about Gerald Murnane.
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On winning a short story prize (with William Weightman)
In this episode, I chat with William Weightman about his short story “Green Green Grass”, which won first place in this year’s Bristol Short Story Prize. Listen as William talks about how the story came about, what matters to him when writing short fiction, and how he balances his writing with a fu…
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