Schindler's Ark

Schindler's Ark (Schindler's List)

First edition cover
Author	Thomas Keneally
Language	English
Genre	Biographical novel
Publisher	Hodder and Stoughton
Publication date	18 October 1982
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	380 pp (hardcover edition)
Awards	Booker Prize 1982
ISBN	0-340-27838-2 (hardcover edition)
OCLC	8994901
Preceded by	The Cut-Rate Kingdom
Followed by	A Family Madness

Schindler's Ark is a historical fiction published in 1982 by the Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The United States edition of the book was titled Schindler's List; it was later reissued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. The novel won the Booker Prize,^[1] a literary award conferred each year for the best single work of sustained fiction written in the English language, and was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction in 1983.^[2]

The book tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi Party who becomes an unlikely hero by saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. It follows actual people and events, with fictional dialogue and scenes added by the author where exact details are unknown.^[3] Keneally wrote a number of well-received novels before and after Schindler's Ark; however, in the wake of its highly successful 1993 film adaptation directed by director Steven Spielberg, it has since gone on to become his most well-known and celebrated work.^[4]

In 2022, the novel was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.^[5]