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- Birth nameChristopher John Koch
- C.J. Koch was born on July 16, 1932 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Highways to a War and Boys in the Island (1990). He was married to Irene Vilnois and Robin Whyte-Butler. He died on September 23, 2013 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
- SpousesIrene Vilnois(1959 - 1979) (1 child)Robin Whyte-Butler(? - September 23, 2013) (his death)
- He was awarded the A.O. (Officer of the Order of Australia) in the 1995 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Literature.
- His surname is pronounced "Kosh".
- His father was an accountant. His mother had attended high school on Tasmania with Errol Flynn.
- He worked in the art department of a newspaper, before graduating from the University of Tasmania in 1954. He published his first novel in 1958. He subsequently attended Stanford University, where he studied writing; his fellow students included American writers Ken Kesey and Larry McMurtry.
- West Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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