Malouf, David George Joseph (1934– )

Australian novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He draws on his Lebanese and English background for ethnic themes in his work. His poetry collections include Neighbours in a Thicket (1974), which won several awards, Wild Lemons (1980), and First Things Last (1980). Malouf's first novel Johnno (1975) deals with his boyhood in Brisbane. Subsequent novels include An Imaginary Life (1978), Fly Away Peter (1982), The Great World (1990), Remembering Babylon (1993), and Dream Stuff (2000).

He has also written opera librettos for Voss (1986), from the novel by Patrick White, and La Mer de Glace (1991).