Thomas Keneally books, including 30 novels. He is particularly famed for his "Schindler's Ark" (1982) (later republished as "Schindler's List"), the first novel by an Australian to win the Booker Prize and is the basis of the film "Schindler's List". He had already been shortlisted for the Booker three times prior to that: 1972 for "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith", 1975 for "Gossip from the Forest", and 1979 for "Confederates". Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style. Keneally has also acted in a handful of films. He had a small role in Fred
Pauline Gibling Schindler in 1976, shortly before her death, to maintain the house. It has since become an arts center, and is open for architectural tours. A musical performance based on Schindler's life, "Pauline: An Opera", was presented by architects Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena at Schindler House, in October 2013. Pauline Gibling Schindler Pauline Gibling Schindler (March 19, 1893 – May 4, 1977) was an American composer, educator, editor, and arts promoter, especially influential in supporting modern art in Southern California. Her husband was architect Rudolph Schindler. Sophie Pauline Gibling was born in Minneapolis in 1893, the daughter of Edmund James and