Thomas Keneally: The Life Of
Holocaust. What thoughts does that word bring to your mind? Probably words like “genocide”, or even “extermination, or maybe “impoverishment”. This coming to life book describes all of that in the account of multiple Shindler Jews. Thomas Keneally, the author of the amazing novel brings controversy and accounts of true Jews that survived from the holocaust and compresses them into one popular novel that won the 1982 Booker Prize: Schindler’s List (Book awards: Booker Prize). Thomas Keneally is a bound to teach you something new with every book. Thomas Keneally was born on October 7, 1935 in Sydney, Australia. His family was Irish Catholic, and as a child, wishing to be good at sports, who was reading more than playing. He was, however, an ‘avid rugby player’, although he had bad asthma (Talking Heads). When he was little, his family moved back to Kempsey, where his parents were from. (Talking Heads). At seven, his father left to join the Australian Air Force He had a brother named Johnny, who was 8 years younger than Keneally. He got a formal college education at St. Patrick’s College, where he left before he got ordinated as a Catholic priest because he got nervous.
Before he was making a living from writing novels, Keneally was a school teacher. He also worked as a clerical worker(Thomas Keneally). In a quote of his he said, “And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.” However, as mentioned before, he never did get ordinated, and never became a Catholic priest. He ended up becoming a novelist. His first book; The Place at Whitton was published in 1964, and launched his career. His most successful book by far is Schindler’s list, selling well over one million copies. Keneally has won multiple awards, including the Miles Franklin award for Bring Larks and Heroes in 1967, and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards in which he received a special award in 2008. Many criticisms talk about his controversial topics on novels, and his complex characters. The Holocaust is definitely a controversial topic, and Schindler’s list has extremely complex characters, so I see where this analysis is coming from. Schindler’s list, specifically, teaches you how Schindler is helping the Jews to survive, and keeping them safe. Thomas Keneally has published 55 books, including Schindler’s Ark, Outback, and Confederates.
Keneally has settled down and has a family of his own. His wife, whose name is Judith Martin, and two daughters, Margaret and Jane (Talking Heads). As a child, he was a player of Rugby, and is still an avid supporter. He called it the ‘model of life’ in an interview done by ABC. He is currently 76 years old, and last published a book in 2011. He is a strong supporter of Republicism in Australia. He wrote a book entitled Our Republic in 1993.
Thomas Keneally has made a positive contribution to the authors world. He has provided first hand accounts from people that have saved thousands of lives. He writes to entertain and inform such as in Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler helped save the lives of thousands of Jews (The Suitcase). First hand accounts from people that were in the setting of WWII from people that you might not even know help provide information that is real, and informative, which is what he did in Schindler’s List. He is also an active novelist. You can’t ask for much more. He has won many awards for the 55 books published that he wrote. A prime example of all of this is Schindler’s list. Winning countless awards and nominations, informative, entertaining, and all of this was written by one man: Thomas Keneally.
Before he was making a living from writing novels, Keneally was a school teacher. He also worked as a clerical worker(Thomas Keneally). In a quote of his he said, “And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.” However, as mentioned before, he never did get ordinated, and never became a Catholic priest. He ended up becoming a novelist. His first book; The Place at Whitton was published in 1964, and launched his career. His most successful book by far is Schindler’s list, selling well over one million copies. Keneally has won multiple awards, including the Miles Franklin award for Bring Larks and Heroes in 1967, and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards in which he received a special award in 2008. Many criticisms talk about his controversial topics on novels, and his complex characters. The Holocaust is definitely a controversial topic, and Schindler’s list has extremely complex characters, so I see where this analysis is coming from. Schindler’s list, specifically, teaches you how Schindler is helping the Jews to survive, and keeping them safe. Thomas Keneally has published 55 books, including Schindler’s Ark, Outback, and Confederates.
Keneally has settled down and has a family of his own. His wife, whose name is Judith Martin, and two daughters, Margaret and Jane (Talking Heads). As a child, he was a player of Rugby, and is still an avid supporter. He called it the ‘model of life’ in an interview done by ABC. He is currently 76 years old, and last published a book in 2011. He is a strong supporter of Republicism in Australia. He wrote a book entitled Our Republic in 1993.
Thomas Keneally has made a positive contribution to the authors world. He has provided first hand accounts from people that have saved thousands of lives. He writes to entertain and inform such as in Schindler’s List, Oskar Schindler helped save the lives of thousands of Jews (The Suitcase). First hand accounts from people that were in the setting of WWII from people that you might not even know help provide information that is real, and informative, which is what he did in Schindler’s List. He is also an active novelist. You can’t ask for much more. He has won many awards for the 55 books published that he wrote. A prime example of all of this is Schindler’s list. Winning countless awards and nominations, informative, entertaining, and all of this was written by one man: Thomas Keneally.