Christopher Koch
Christopher John Koch AO (16 July 1932 - 23 September 2013) was an Australian novelist. He is best known for his 1978 novel The Year of Living Dangerously, which was made into an award-winning movie.
He won the Miles Franklin Award twice; The Doubleman in 1985, and Highways to a War in 1996. In 1995 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for contribution to Australian literature.
Koch was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 16 July 1932. He was educated at Clemes College, St Virgil's College, Hobart High School and the University of Tasmania.
Koch died at his home in Hobart on 23 September 2013, aged 81. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer twelve months earlier.
References
Other websites
Christopher Koch at Random House Australia
Podcast of Christopher Koch discussing "Crossing the Gap: Asia and the Australian Imagination" at the Shanghai International Literary Festival
1932 births
2013 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
Australian novelists
People from Hobart
Order of Australia
University of Tasmania alumni