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Vale David Malouf, The Gay Australian Author Who Gave Us “Johnno” And “Ransom”
Australian literature lost one of its defining voices on Wednesday, 22 April 2026, when David Malouf died peacefully at a Gold Coast hospital after a short illness. He was 92. His publisher, Penguin Random House Australia, confirmed the news, calling him a giant whose work will continue to shape the country long after his death. Malouf was a Brisbane-born poet, novelist, and essayist whose books reshaped how Australians wrote and read about themselves for more than half a century.