Tim Winton Biography
At the young age of 19, while enrolled in a Creative Writing program at Curtin University, Perth, Tim Winton began work on his debut novel, An Open Swimmer. He was able to make a career as a writer after the book received the Australian/Vogel National Literary Award.
Author of many adult books, including the award-winning Shallows, which is set in a whaling village, and Cloudstreet, which tells the story of two working-class families reconstructing their lives, he was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1960. The stage production of Cloudstreet received rave reviews all over the world.
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