# Who is the Shakespeare of your country?

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I’d have to disagree with Miles Franklin as a nomination seeing as her most well-known work is victorian pulp fiction.

Miles Davis didn’t make much of an impact on the Australian literary scene either.

David Williamson’s plays would hold up against Shakespeare’s in terms of character development.

Les Murray’s imagery too.

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