Editing Thomas Keneally (section)

==Honours==
In 1983, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869812|title=It's an Honour – Honours – Search Australian Honours|work=itsanhonour.gov.au}}</ref> He is an [[Australian Living Treasures|Australian Living Treasure]]. Keneally has stated that he was once offered the title of [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]], and that he refused it. "I said I pitied any empire of which I was a commander".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/14/hollow-cloying-veneration-greeted-the-queens-death-now-history-calls-on-us-to-get-an-australian-head-of-state Keneally, Thomas. "Opinion: Hollow, cloying veneration greeted the Queen’s death. Now history calls on us to get an Australian head of state" ''The Guardian'' 13 September 2022]</ref>

In 2010 the Australian postal service issued a stamp in his honour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Australian writers honoured by stamps |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/21/stamps-australian-writers |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=22 November 2023 |last1=Flood |first1=Alison }}</ref>

Keneally has been awarded honorary doctorates including one from the National University of Ireland.<ref name ="ABC" />

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!Awards!!&nbsp;
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|rowspan=4| [[Booker Prize]]
| ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'', shortlisted 1972
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| ''Gossip from the Forest'', shortlisted 1975
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| ''Confederates'', shortlisted 1979
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| ''Schindler's Ark'', winner 1982
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|rowspan=4| [[Miles Franklin Award]]
| ''Bring Larks and Heroes'', winner 1967
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| ''Three Cheers for the Paraclete'', winner 1968
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| ''An Angel in Australia'', shortlisted 2003
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| ''The Widow and Her Hero'', longlisted 2008
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| [[Prime Minister's Literary Awards]]
| ''The Widow and Her Hero'', shortlisted 2008
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| [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards#Special Award|New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]]
| Special Award, winner 2008
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|[[Helmerich Award]]
|Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, 2007
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|ARA Historical Novel Prize
| ''Corporal Hitler's pistol'', winner 2022<ref name=ARA >{{Cite news |date=2022-10-20 |title=Celebrated author reveals why he is sharing $50,000 his prize money |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-21/thomas-keneally-wins-ara-historical-novel-prize-for-new-book/101560270 |access-date=2023-01-16}}</ref>
|-
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