Photo Credit: Lewis Morley, c1992

Barry Humphries (Author)

Barry Humphries, sometimes known as Dame Edna Everage, is the author of several books and many plays. More Please, his first autobiographical work, won the J.R. Ackerley Prize in 1993 and was described by Auberon Waugh as 'an extraordinary cocktail of a book . . . a literary masterpiece', and as 'marvellously funny' by Sir Alec Guinness. Since his success on the Broadway stage in 1999, Barry Humphries has been in perpetual motion performing throughout the United States.

Awards:

Banjo Award for Australian Literature - Non-Fiction
Short-listed - 1993 for More Please

Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Non-Fiction
Short-listed - 1993 for More Please

Braille & Talking Book Library Award-VIC - Miscellaneous
Short-listed - 1993 for More Please

Profile was last updated on 4 October 2005.

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