David Malouf, the Australian writer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 92.
Born in Brisbane on March 20, 1934, he was a novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and librettist. He lectured at the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, and delivered the 1998 Boyer Lectures.
Malouf was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London in 2008. His works included the poetry collection “Neighbours in a Thicket: Poems,” which won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry and the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and the novels “The Great World” and “Remembering Babylon,” both of which won major awards.
David Malouf, 92, Australian writer.