A Woman of the Future

Miles Franklin · 1979 · Winner

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Miles Franklin Literary Award	1979	Winner

About the Author

David IrelandAustralian

David Neil Ireland AM (1927-2022) was an Australian novelist renowned for his existential explorations of working-class lives, drawing from his diverse pre-writing careers including oil refinery work that inspired his breakthrough novel The Unknown Industrial Prisoner (1971 Miles Franklin Award). He won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times—for The Glass Canoe (1976) and A Woman of the Future (1979)—one of only four Australian authors to achieve this feat, alongside recognition as a Member of the Order of Australia (1981). The Conversation