Murray Bail, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Murray Bail

Australian writer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Murray Bail (born 22 September 1941) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction.
In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel Homesickness. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
He has lived most of his life in Australia except for sojourns in India (1968–70) and England and Europe (1970–74).
He lives in Sydney. He was trustee of the National Gallery of Australia from 1976 to 1981 and wrote a book on Australian artist Ian Fairweather. A portrait of Bail by the artist Fred Williams is hung in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
The portrait was done while both Williams and Bail were Council members of the National Gallery of Australia.