Woman Marchetta, Melina

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Author

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Melina Marchetta was born in Sydney in 1965. She published her first novel, Looking for Alibrandi, a story capturing the lives of young people in the Italian community, in 1992.

Additional sources: AustLit: The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Literature Resource (subscription database).

Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

  • Horsfield, Dorothy, 'Taking the best from two cultures', The Canberra Times, 22 August 1993, p. 28. . Details

Online Resources

  • The Writer's Room: Melina Marchetta, ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): The Book Club, ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), c.2014, . Details
  • 'Melina Marchetta: The Piper's Son: Viking, an Imprint of Penguin Australia', in Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Trust Company, c.2014, . Details
  • 'Melina Marchetta (Writer)', in Internet Movie Database, Amazon.com, c.2014, . Details
  • 'Melina Marchetta (Author): About', in Penguin Books Australia, Penguin Books Australia, c.2014, . Details

See also

  • 'Marchetta, Melina', The ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Women's Register, National Foundation for ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Women, . Details