"Chris Thomas (author) Chris Thomas is an Australian writer, actor, journalist and broadcaster. Thomas was born in Perth, Western Australia. He has extensive acting and journalistic experience, working for mainstream newspapers, independent publications and as a freelance. He has also worked in media and public relations and as a radio announcer. He is author of the novel ""Journo's Diary"", the ""Doctor Who"" short story ""One Step Forward, Two Steps Back""(published in the collection """" and the plays ""Which One?"", ""Reality Matters"", ""Appetite For Destruction"", ""Who's Your Daddy?"", ""SMS Mess"", ""The Bonza Land of Oz"", ""Pickles"" and ""King Bling"", published in"
"here, the foundation will still go on. Pfefferberg died on March 9, 2001, aged 87, in Beverly Hills. Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold ""Poldek"" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film ""Schindler's List"". Pfefferberg was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, then a part of the Austria-Hungary. He gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University. Pfefferberg"
"Poldek Pfefferberg Leopold ""Poldek"" Pfefferberg (March 20, 1913 – March 9, 2001), also known as Leopold Page, was a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who inspired the Australian writer Thomas Keneally to write the Booker prize-winning novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which in turn was the basis for Steven Spielberg's critically acclaimed 1993 film ""Schindler's List"". Pfefferberg was born into a Jewish family in Kraków, then a part of the Austria-Hungary. He gained a master's degree in philosophy and physical education from the Jagiellonian University. Pfefferberg was a high-school teacher in Kraków until 1939 and the physical education professor at Kościuszko Gymnasium in Podgórze."
"which only a few exist, was discovered in 2009 in a library in Sydney, Australia. This novel tells the story of Oskar Schindler, self-made entrepreneur and bon viveur who almost by default found himself saving Polish Jews from the Nazi gas chamber (which used a variety of poisons like nerve agents). Based on numerous eyewitness accounts, Keneally's story is unbearably moving but never melodramatic, a testament to the almost unimaginable horrors of Hitler's attempts to make Europe ""judenfrei"" (free of Jews). What distinguishes Schindler in Keneally's version is not, superficially, kindness or idealism, but a certain gusto. He is a"
"saving 1,200 Jews from concentration camps all over Poland and Germany. It is a work of historical fiction which describes actual people and places with fictional events, dialogue and scenes added by the author and reconstructed dialogue where exact details are unknown. Keneally wrote a number of well received novels before and after ""Schindler's Ark""; however, it has since gone on to become his most well-known and celebrated work. Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor, inspired Keneally to write ""Schindler's Ark"". After the war, Pfefferberg had tried on a number of occasions to interest the screenwriters and filmmakers he met through"
"death in 1974 seemed to end any possibility of a film. In 1980 when Thomas Keneally went into Pfefferberg's shop to ask about the price of briefcases, Pfefferberg learned that Keneally was a novelist and showed him his extensive files on Schindler. Keneally was interested, and Pfefferberg became an advisor for the book, accompanying Keneally to Poland where they visited Kraków and the sites associated with the Schindler story. Keneally dedicated ""Schindler's Ark"" to Pfefferberg: ""who by zeal and persistence caused this book to be written."" Pfefferberg explained the reasons behind his efforts to have the Schindler story told as:"
"novel in 1982, inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. In 1980, Keneally met Pfefferberg in the latter's shop, and learning that he was a novelist, Pfefferburg showed him his extensive files on Oskar Schindler, including the original list itself. Keneally was interested, and Pfefferberg became an advisor for the book, accompanying Keneally to Poland where they visited Kraków and the sites associated with the Schindler story. Keneally dedicated ""Schindler's Ark"" to Pfefferberg: ""who by zeal and persistence caused this book to be written."" He said in an interview in 2007 that what attracted him to Oskar"
"Man Booker Prize for a decade and was the biographer of the politician Alan Clark. Trewin also edited the three volumes of Clark's diaries. Ion Trewin Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin (13 July 1943 – 8 April 2015) was a British editor, publisher and author. Born in London, the son of J. C. Trewin and Wendy Trewin (""née"" Monk), Ion Trewin was educated at Highgate School. He was the literary editor of ""The Times"" from 1972 to 1979 and then became an editor with Hodder & Stoughton (for whom he published Thomas Keneally's ""Schindler's Ark"" in 1982) until 1992 and Orion"
"2009, a carbon copy of the original list, documenting 801 names, was discovered among the documentation ""Schindler's Ark"" author Thomas Keneally had donated to the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. Schindlerjuden The , literally translated from German as ""Schindler's Jews"", were a group of roughly 1,200 Jews who were saved by Oskar Schindler during the Holocaust. They survived the years of the Nazi regime primarily through the intervention of Schindler, who found them protected status as industrial workers at his enamelware factory in Kraków and, after 1944, in an armaments factory in occupied Czechoslovakia. There, they avoided"
"live. Scully was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised in Cashel, County Tipperary, and then emigrated to southern Africa with his parents in 1867. During 1871 he prospected for diamonds with Cecil Rhodes in Africa. His daughter, Miriam Power (b. 1893), married Dr John A. Ryle; their children included Sir Martin Ryle, Nobel laureate and Astronomer Royal from 1972 to 1982. Scully died in Umbogintwini on KwaZulu-Natal's coast in 1943; his second wife (Nora) also died that same year. His novel ""Daniel Vananda"" describes the violence engendered by the ethnic legislation of the time. Similarly, ""Kafir Stories"" contains stories that are"
"on Schindler, kept in two cabinets in his back room. After 50 minutes of entreaties, Pfefferberg was finally able to convince Keneally to write the book; and Pfefferberg became an advisor, accompanying Keneally to Poland where they visited Kraków and other sites associated with the Schindler story. Keneally dedicated ""Schindler's Ark"" to Pfefferberg: ""who by zeal and persistence caused this book to be written."" After the publication of ""Schindler's Ark"" in 1982, Pfefferberg worked to persuade Steven Spielberg to film Keneally's book, using his acquaintance with Spielberg's mother to gain access. A carbon copy of Schindler's original 13-page list, of"
"British playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, called ""Our Country's Good"". ""To Arabanoo and his brethren, still dispossessed."" The Playmaker The Playmaker is a novel based in Australia written by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. Governor Arthur Phillip presides over the colony, where 1st Lt. Ralph Clark, sadistic Major Robert Ross (Royal Marines officer), and Midshipman Harry Brewer have a curious effect on the goings-on of the new Australian colony. As felons, perjurers, thieves, and whores"
"He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his success as a novelist and was a lecturer at the University of New England (1968–70). His father, Edmund Thomas Keneally, flew for the RAAF in World War II, then returned to work in a small business in Sydney. Keneally was known as ""Mick"" until 1964 but began using the name Thomas when he started publishing, after advice from his publisher to use what was really his first name. Kenneally's first story was published in the ""Bulletin"" magazine in 1962 under the pseudonym Bernard Coyle. By February 2014, he had written over 50"
"The Playmaker The Playmaker is a novel based in Australia written by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. In 1789 in Sydney Cove, the remotest penal colony of the British Empire, a group of convicts and one of their captors unite to stage a play. Governor Arthur Phillip presides over the colony, where 1st Lt. Ralph Clark, sadistic Major Robert Ross (Royal Marines officer), and Midshipman Harry Brewer have a curious effect on the goings-on of the new Australian colony. As felons, perjurers, thieves, and whores rehearse, their playmaker, Ralph Clark, is derided by authority. He also becomes strangely seduced. For"
"seat for Mernda, Victoria in the 1906 and 1910 elections. He self-published ""Inner History"" in 1929, and the work was plagiarised by the press of the day. Twenty years later, it inspired Sidney Nolan's important ""Ned Kelly"" series of paintings and, by 1980, over 30 years after Kenneally's death, it had gone through nine editions. The book continues to be referenced as a significant work into the 21st century. Born in Gaffneys Creek, Victoria, he was the youngest of the Kenneallys of Goomalibee, Benalla, Victoria who were originally from Ireland; his older brother Matthew (1857–1937) was born there. James studied"
"Keneally, and Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the novel, ""Schindler's List"". Poldek Pfefferberg, one of the survivors, persuaded Thomas Keneally to write the novel and Steven Spielberg to produce the film. In 2012, there were estimated to be over 8,500 descendants of ""Schindlerjuden"" living across the United States, Europe, and Israel. The original list of ""Schindlerjuden"" who were transported to Schindler's Brünnlitz factory in Brněnec, occupied Czechoslovakia, was prepared by Mietek Pemper, Itzhak Stern and Oskar Schindler during September and October of 1944. That list likely no longer exists. Another list with 1,000 names, compiled by Pemper upon the prisoners'"
"Christine Kenneally Christine Kenneally (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian-American journalist who writes on science, language and culture. Trained as a linguist, she has written for ""The New York Times"", the ""New Yorker"", ""Slate"", ""New Scientist"", and Australia's ""Monthly"", among other publications. She is a great-granddaughter of JJ Kenneally, an early popularizer of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly. Her first book, ""The First Word"" (2007) was a ""L.A. Times"" book prize finalist and has been translated into Korean and Spanish. Her book for Viking Penguin, ""The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and"
"a Nazi officer right before his eyes. Oskar Schindler was portrayed in the Thomas Keneally novel ""Schindler's Ark"" (the basis for Steven Spielberg's film ""Schindler's List""). In an especially dramatic event, 300 of Schindler's workers were deported to the Auschwitz death camp despite his efforts, and he personally intervened to return them to him. Other notable people include Mordechai Gebirtig, who was one of the most influential and popular writers of Yiddish songs and poems. He was shot there in 1942. Miriam Akavia, an Israeli writer, survived the Kraków ghetto and concentration camps. Renowned dermatologist and co-discoverer of Reyes Syndrome,"
"while en route home from a film festival in Europe. Pfefferberg took the opportunity to tell Keneally the story of Oskar Schindler. He gave him copies of some materials he had on file, and Keneally soon decided to make a fictionalised treatment of the story. After extensive research and interviews with surviving ""Schindlerjuden"", his 1982 historical novel ""Schindler's Ark"" (published in the United States as ""Schindler's List"") was the result. The novel was adapted as the 1993 movie ""Schindler's List"" by Steven Spielberg. After acquiring the rights in 1983, Spielberg felt he was not ready emotionally or professionally to tackle"
"South Australia, and is an Australian citizen. Colleen McCullough's ""The Thorn Birds"", 1977, is Australia's highest selling novel and one of the biggest selling novels of all time with around 30 million copies sold by 2009. Thomas Keneally wrote ""The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith"", 1972 and ""Schindler's Ark"", 1982. This latter work was the inspiration for the film ""Schindler's List"". Other notable Australian novels converted to celluloid include: Paul Brickhill's ""The Great Escape""; Pamela Lyndon Travers' ""Mary Poppins""; Morris West's ""The Shoes of the Fisherman"" and Bryce Courtenay's ""The Power of One"". ""Careful, He Might Hear You"" by Sumner Locke"
"a few years where he grew up, in the American Midwest, then a few years where she grew up, Melbourne. After a several years in Iowa for his job, they headed to New York City for her writing career. Eventually they returned to Melbourne. Baldwin is a strategist in the health care industry. Christine Kenneally Christine Kenneally (born in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian-American journalist who writes on science, language and culture. Trained as a linguist, she has written for ""The New York Times"", the ""New Yorker"", ""Slate"", ""New Scientist"", and Australia's ""Monthly"", among other publications. She is a great-granddaughter"
"workers combing through boxes of materials collected by author Thomas Keneally. The 13-page document, yellow and fragile, was filed among research notes and original newspaper clippings. The document was given to Keneally in 1980 by Pfefferberg when he was persuading him to write Schindler's story. This version of the list contains 801 names and is dated 18 April 1945; Pfefferberg is listed as worker number 173. Several authentic versions of the list exist, because the names were re-typed several times as conditions changed in the hectic days at the end of the war. One of four existing copies of the"
"$1.9 billion today.) Other high-performing films credited to him are ""Schindler's List"" (1993) and ""Back to the Future"" (1985). Sheinberg famously wanted to change the name from ""Back to the Future"" to ""Space Man From Pluto"" despite the film having nothing to do with outer space, spacemen, or the dwarf planet Pluto. In 1982, Thomas Keneally published his historical novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which he wrote after a chance meeting with Pfefferberg in Los Angeles in 1980. Sheinberg sent director Spielberg a copy of the book along with a ""New York Times"" review. Sheinberg greenlit the film on condition that Spielberg"
"John Alexander. In February 2018 she was instead appointed to the Senate to fill a casual vacancy caused by Sam Dastyari's resignation. Keneally was born Kristina Marie Kerscher in Las Vegas to an American father and an Australian mother (born in Brisbane). She lived briefly in Colorado but grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where she attended high school at Notre Dame Academy. While at Notre Dame she was twice awarded most valuable player (1985, 1986) in the Academy's soccer team. Upon graduating from Notre Dame, she undertook studies at the University of Dayton, also in Ohio. While there she became"
"the ""Schindlerjuden"", made it his life's mission to tell the story of his savior. Pfefferberg attempted to produce a biopic of Oskar Schindler with MGM in 1963, with Howard Koch writing, but the deal fell through. In 1982, Thomas Keneally published his historical novel ""Schindler's Ark"", which he wrote after a chance meeting with Pfefferberg in Los Angeles in 1980. MCA president Sid Sheinberg sent director Steven Spielberg a ""New York Times"" review of the book. Spielberg, astounded by Schindler's story, jokingly asked if it was true. ""I was drawn to it because of the paradoxical nature of the character,"""
"children include ""James and the Giant Peach"", ""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"", ""Matilda"", ""The Witches"", ""Fantastic Mr Fox"", ""The BFG"", ""The Twits"" and ""George's Marvellous Medicine"". His adult works include ""Tales of the Unexpected"". Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (""née"" Hesselberg). Dahl's father had emigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway, and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s. His mother came over and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first"
"prehistoric times to the present, as understood by a fascinated non-believer. Matthew Kneale Matthew Kneale (born 24 November 1960) is a British writer, best known for his 2000 novel ""English Passengers"". Kneale was born in London, the son of screenwriter Nigel Kneale, and the children's writer Judith Kerr. He was brought up in Barnes, attended Latymer Upper School in West London, and then studied modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford. Growing up, he was fascinated by other cultures, past and present, and as a student he travelled in Europe, South America, Central America and the Indian subcontinent. After graduating he"
"Karen Connelly Karen Marie Connelly (born 12 March 1969) is a Canadian travel writer, novelist and poet who has written extensively about her experiences living in Greece, Thailand and Canada. Connelly was born in Calgary, Alberta. At seventeen, she lived in a Thai village thanks to a Rotary exchange scholarship. She returned to Canada a year later. At nineteen, she left for Spain, where she lived almost two years. Having no work visa, she supported herself by, among other things, teaching English as a second language. In her spare time, she wrote about her experiences and took photographs with which"
"in English and German translations. She appears in the Thomas Keneally novel ""Schindler's Ark"", and the 1993 film based on it, ""Schindler's List"", where she is played by Caroline Goodall. Emilie Schindler Emilie Schindler (née Pelzl; 22 October 1907 – 5 October 2001) was a Sudeten German-born woman who, with her husband Oskar Schindler, helped to save the lives of 1,200 Jews during World War II by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories, providing them immunity from the Nazis. She was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem in 1994. She was born Emilie Pelzl"
"2011 the SMSA opened ""The Tom Keneally Centre"", which holds the research collection of world-renowned author Thomas Keneally from his private collection and memorabilia. By the early 1830s, Sydney Town had come a long way from its origins as a convict colony four decades earlier and free settlers were increasing in numbers. The Reverend John Dunmore Lang wished to build an Australian College in Sydney and sent Reverend Henry Carmichael to recruit craftsmen in Scotland. On the return journey in 1831 aboard the ""Stirling Castle"" Carmichael gave classes to some of these men. They formed the nucleus of a Mechanics'"
"Glasgow University in History and German. He worked in a whisky distillery, spent time as an infantry officer in the British Army, became an intelligence officer based in Hong Kong and was a bodyguard for both Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon. Thomas Toughill Thomas Toughill is a non-fiction author born in Glasgow, Scotland. His works include ""Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solved"" , Oscar Slater: The Immortal Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ""World To Gain: The Battle For Global Domination And Why America Entered WWII"" and ""The Ripper Code"". He currently lives in Gibraltar with his wife. Toughill's research into"
"was born Thomas Nigel Kneale in Barrow-in-Furness, England. His family came from the Isle of Man, and returned to live there in 1928, when Kneale was six years old. He was raised in the island's capital, Douglas, where his father was the owner and editor of the local newspaper, ""The Herald"". He was educated at St Ninian's High School, Douglas, and after leaving studied law, training to become an advocate at the Manx Bar. He also worked in a lawyer's office, but became bored with his legal training and eventually abandoned the profession. At the beginning of the Second World"
"mislead investigators. At different times in his life, he claimed to be the son of an Irish merchant seaman, an Irish clergyman, and an aristocratic landowner connected to the court of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. According to a Soviet secret police dossier compiled in 1925, he was perhaps born Zigmund Markovich Rozenblum on 24 March 1874 in Odessa, a Black Sea port of Emperor Alexander II's Russian Empire. His father Markus was a doctor and shipping agent, according to this dossier, while his mother came from an impoverished noble family. Other sources claim that Reilly was born Georgy Rosenblum"