LAMAMIMET

David George Joseph Malouf was born on 20 March 1934 in Brisbane, Australia, to a Lebanese Christian father and an English‑born mother of Sephardi Jewish descent. He attended Brisbane Grammar School and earned a B.A. from the University of Queensland in 1955 before beginning a teaching career that took him to London and later back to Australia.

Malouf emerged as a leading literary figure with a prolific output that spanned poetry, novels, short stories, plays and libretti. His early poetry collection Neighbours in a Thicket won the Grace Leven Prize, while his first novel, Johnno (1975), established his reputation. He achieved international acclaim with The Great World (1990), which earned the Miles Franklin Award and the Prix Femina Étranger, and Remembering Babylon (1993), shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of multiple European honors. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008 and received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000.

In later years Malouf lectured at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures, and continued to publish acclaimed works such as Every Move You Make (2006). He lived in England, Tuscany and Sydney, and spent his final years in Queensland. David Malouf died on 22 April 2026 at the age of 92, leaving a lasting legacy as one of Australia’s most celebrated writers.